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Georgia History Timeline / Chronology 1904
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| January 1, 1904 |
New courthouse opens for Miller County (Colquitt, GA)
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City of Colquitt |
| January 2, 1904 |
James Longstreet dies, Gainesville, Georgia
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James Longstreet |
| January 9, 1904 |
John Brown Gordon dies, Miami, Florida
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John Brown Gordon
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| May 23, 1904 |
City council okays the purchase of Piedmont Park from the Piedmont Exposition Company. They pay $93,000 for roughly 185 acres.
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Piedmont Park |
| August 13, 1904 |
60 acres of land in Cobb County west of Marietta are transferred to the Dan McCook Brigade Association. This is the start of today's Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
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| October 9, 1904 |
Miller County Courthouse (Colquitt, GA) destroyed by fire, apparently set on purpose.
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City of Colquitt |
| October 11, 1904 |
The battleship Georgia is launched.
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| November 4, 1904 |
Elijah Clarke statue, at the corner of College and Hancock Streets in Athens is dedicated by University of Georgia Chancellor Walter B. Hill. It was moved to its present location on Broad Street in 1918.
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University of Georgia, Athens (UGA) |
| December 19, 1904 |
Benjamin Wynn Fortson born, Tignall, Georgia
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| December 27, 1904 |
Fort Oglethorpe, on the Chickamauga battlefield, is dedicated. |
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