After the Civil War ended in 1865 Atlanta was gradually rebuilt Due to the city's superior rail transportation network the state capital was moved from Milledgeville to Atlanta in 1868 in the 1880 Census Atlanta surpassed Savannah as Georgia's largest city Beginning in the 1880s Henry W Grady the editor of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper promoted Atlanta to potential investors as a city of the "New South" that would be based upon a modern economy and less reliant on agriculture by 1885 the founding of the Georgia School of Technology (now Georgia Tech) and the Atlanta University Center had established Atlanta as a center for higher education in 1895 Atlanta hosted the Cotton States and International Exposition which attracted nearly 800,000 attendees and successfully promoted the New South's development to the world. Atlanta Magazine Washington Monthly 42 The Atlanta metropolitan area is also home to three NCAA Division I programs with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets and Georgia State Panthers in Atlanta proper and the Kennesaw State Owls in Kennesaw Both Georgia Tech and Georgia State are members of the Football Bowl Subdivision in the Atlantic Coast Conference and Sun Belt Conference respectively while Kennesaw State is a football member of the Big South Conference in the Football Championship Subdivision while its remaining sports are in the non-football Atlantic Sun Conference.
U.S News & World Report 35 Social and economic benefits Main article: Demographics of Metro Atlanta. Main article: Southern Colonies Electrical Engineering 4 Led by the Wright brothers Barnes and Spalding the Red Stockings dominated the National Association winning four of that league's five championships the team became one of the National League's charter franchises in 1876 sometimes called the "Red Caps" (as a new Cincinnati Red Stockings club was another charter member); Atlanta Georgia business directory 7.1 British role Each region has its own distinctive characteristics for instance the Ridge and Valley which lies in the northwest corner of the state includes limestone sandstone shale and other sedimentary rocks which have yielded construction-grade limestone barite ocher and small amounts of coal! Festivals East Florida and West Florida were territories transferred from Spain to Britain after the French and Indian War by treaty the few British colonists there needed protection from attacks by Indians and Spanish privateers After 1775 East Florida became a major base for the British war effort in the South especially in the invasions of Georgia and South Carolina However Spain seized Pensacola in West Florida in 1781 then recovered both territories in the Treaty of Paris that ended the war in 1783 Spain ultimately transferred the Florida provinces to the United States in 1819, 3 On-board services See also: List of hospitals in Georgia (U.S state). State routes Road to Brasstown Bald San Marino (1) Colleges and universities Armenia (32).
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