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Facts about the first Georgia was the In 1835, the railroad Road and river
railroads in Georgia.
first southern state came to Georgia. travel had its
to use roilroads.
limitations creating
aneed for o more
reliable form of
transportation
Facts about experiencing
travel by an early railroad.
The early railroads
traveled less than
10 miles per hour.
The troins were
powered by steom
producing smoke
and embers.
The trains were o
loud and unusual
form of
transportation
Facts about the city of
Atlanta.
Atlanta was the first Atlanta was
important city in originally called
Georgia not to be on Terminus, meaning
a river.
end of the line.
Although Atlanta
was important, it
would never be
considered the
major railroad
center of the south.