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Hardy Ivy wikipedia article
Written by Joe   
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
I'd been meaning to do this for some time but new Wikipedian, Gpbatlanta, has done it for us. Yippee! This made me wonder again just where Mr. Ivy's mortal remains lie today. I've heard that he was originally buried on his farm (very near the old AT&T building on Courtland) but I wonder where he was moved? On another funereal matter, I've actually seen the grave of Richard Todd (thanks, Andrew!), it's behind a private home on Drewry which supposedly has an easement for public access, but that wasn't obvious so we asked for permission.


Last Updated ( Thursday, 26 July 2007 )
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Book about Peachtree Creek
Written by Joe   
Monday, 16 July 2007

Coming out sometime in July of 2007, a new book called Peachtree Creek: A Natural and Unnatural History of Atlanta's Watershed by David R. Kaufman. You can find it on Amazon.com. I'll write a review of it once I can get a copy.

Update: still don't have it yet, but I stumbled on this interview with the author 

Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 August 2007 )
 
1959 rail passenger timetable
Written by Joe   
Monday, 09 July 2007
Terminal Station sat on the west side of downtown where the Richard B. Russell building is today. It served the rail lines of the old Atlantic & Western, Central of Georgia and the Air Line: handling immediate points of Chattanooga, Macon and Gainesville, GA. Union Station was on the Forsyth viaduct handling mainly the old Georgia Railroad to Augusta. I'm on the lookout for a schedule from the 1920s if anyone has one available I'd love to see it. Here's what it looked like in 1959.
Last Updated ( Saturday, 18 August 2007 )
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