| February 2, 1890 |
Long distance service between Atlanta and Chicago is inaugurated
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| March 24, 1890 |
First Lady Caroline Harrison (Mrs. Benjamin Harrison) visits Atlanta
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| April 4, 1890 |
Atlanta adds 44 acres to Grant Park
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| June 15, 1890 |
First Georgia Tech graduating class
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| August 10, 1890 |
Clio arrives at the Grant Park Zoo. The elephant was purchased through donations by the children of Atlanta |
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ZooAtlanta |
| August 12, 1890 |
First story appears in print about the "Tree that owns itself" in Athens, Georgia
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| October 29, 1890 |
Tom Woolfolk is hung in Perry, GA
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Tom Woolfolk and the Woolfolk Family murders |
| November 8, 1890 |
William Jonathan Northen begins term as governor of Georgia
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Governors of Georgia, 1801-1900
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| November 26, 1890 |
"Georgia State Industrial College for Colored Youths" created near Savannah. |
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
| December 4, 1890 |
The charter of the Chickamauga Memorial Association is finalized and submitted to the Superior Court of Walker County, Georgia. The charter, which lasted for 20 years, allowed anyone to join the group for a lifetime fee of $5.00. The objective of the organization was to acquire land and honor those who fought at Chickamauga, the bloodiest two days of American history. This is the official start of what will become the Chickamauga National Military Park.
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