How did Atlanta become a city?

Answer 1

Decatur, Georgia, would not allow the railroad coming through the natural valley from Charlotte, North Carolina in the east to stop there so they built a station a few miles away and called it Lucyville. They changed the name to Atlanta. Another railroad was built west just south of the Alabama mountains that came to Atlanta. Another railroad was built through the natural valley from Chattanooga, Tennessee, and came to Atlanta. Another railroad was built through a natural valley that comes there through the Chattahoochee, River, from Columbus, Georgia. Another railroad was built through another valley that went to Macon. Another railroad was built from Augusta. Atlanta started as a railroad hub. Later since it had railroad transportation to almost anywhere in the South, it added factories and distribution centers. It had location, location, and location.