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  • Live at Sessions Stand

    Sessions Stand 397 North Sessions Street, Marietta, GA, United States

  • Georgia Archives: Oddities on the (Georgia) Rails

    Georgia Archives 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA, United States

    While many histories center on dates and places, they overlook some funnier, if not downright bizarre, happenings throughout the years. From armed robberies to a duel between long-time friends, some of the most intriguing events to happen in history were plain weird. Author Todd DeFeo recounts some of the highlights (or lowlights) that happened on […]

  • Trestles, Runaway Trains, and Streetcars: Athens’ Unexpected Railroad History

    Athens-Clarke County Library 2025 Baxter Street, Athens, GA, United States

    Athens, Georgia, has a deep railroad history, and it extends beyond the trestle on the back of a local band’s album. It includes a streetcar system that whisked Athenians around town and a narrow-gauge railroad in the region that struggled to connect with The Classic City. The stories of the local railroad history are as […]

  • Keep Smyrna Beautiful Garden Tour

    Reed House 3080 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA, United States

    Please check with Keep Smyrna Beautiful for information on how to attend.

  • Slavery and the Southern Railroads

    North Cobb Senior Center 3900 South Main Street, Acworth, GA, United States

    Learn from a railroad historian how the railroad companies in the South were the first to build railroads, and how they heavily relied on enslaved labor to not only build, but also operate one of the most extensive railroad networks in the world.