atlanta: Morningside Neighborhood History
- 06/04/10 09:43 AM
The area that became Atlanta was once home to the Creek Indians, who ceded their land to the State of Georgia in 1821. Most of Atlanta's first settlers were from Northeast Georgia, though others came from the Carolinas and Virginia. Some settled in Easton, a farming community at the present intersection of Piedmont Road and Monroe Drive. Industrious farmers whose land lay along major creeks established water-powered saw and grist mills. Easton farmers ginned their cotton and ground their corn at Walker's Mill, across from today's Ansley Mall. In winter 1868, Joel Mable, a devout Scottish Presbyterian, organized the Union Sunday … (0 comments)
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