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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1891
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| January 1, 1891 |
Sale of 238,120 acres of the Okefenokee Swamp to the Suwannee Canal Company by the State of Georgia for $62,000. |
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Okefenokee Swamp |
| February 14, 1891 |
William Tecumseh Sherman dies, New York City
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William Tecumseh Sherman |
| April 14, 1891 |
Asa Chandler completes his purchase of Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola |
| April 15, 1891 |
U. S. President Benjamin Harrison, who served under General William Tecumseh Sherman during the Atlanta Campaign, visits Atlanta
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| June 23, 1891 |
First electric streetcar appears in Athens, Georgia
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| July 1, 1891 |
Following a number of intermediate moves the National Weather Service sets up office in the Prudential Building at the corner of Walton and Broad Streets
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National Weather Service
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| August 22, 1891 |
City of Hazelhurst incorporated (now county seat of Jeff Davis County)
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Jeff Davis County, Georgia |
| September 12, 1891 |
Strike called by the Colored National Alliance of the United States, who had called for all members to cease picking cotton failed to materialize and led to the downfall of this populist group.
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| October 21, 1891 |
Atlanta's Henry W. Grady monument is dedicated. A ten-foot bronze statue rests upon a pedestal of Georgia granite
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 22, 1891 |
Varn Mill Riot (Ware County) |
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Ware County, Georgia |
| December 8, 1891 |
Charles Crisp is elected Speaker of the House
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