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  • 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, […]

  • The Unexpected Local Railroad History

    Donaldson-Bannister Farm 4831 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody, GA, United States

    Railroad history isn’t always like what the history books tell. Whether it’s the lines that passed through an area or the ones that were proposed but never built, railroads are […]

  • The People Who Ran (and Rode) the Trains

    Smyrna Public Library 100 Village Green Circle SE, Smyrna, GA, United States

    Railroads didn’t just pass through Smyrna; many in the area depended on them for their livelihoods. Whether holding high-profile positions such as a conductor or meeting your spouse because of […]