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    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards
    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards
    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards
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    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards

    By Sue Ellen Owens, Megan Milford and DeKalb Historical Society

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    Before Fulton County, there was DeKalb County; before Atlanta, there was Decatur. It is a community rich in history and the "mother county" of the city of Atlanta. A tiny town called Terminus was established in 1846 and from this early settlement in DeKalb County, the South's most thriving city, its cosmopolitan center, was born. DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards depicts the tranquil days before the boom of Atlanta, revealing a landscape unfamiliar to present-day residents of the area. Postcard scenes of the famed Stone Mountain, Camp Gordon, and the historic neighborhood of Druid Hills are featured within these pages, along with a variety of churches and educational institutions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateOct 17, 2001
    ISBN9781439612224
    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards
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    Sue Ellen Owens

    Compiled by Sue Ellen Owens and Megan Milford of the DeKalb Historical Society, this treasured volume celebrates and remembers the early days of a landmark Georgia community.

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    DeKalb County in Vintage Postcards - Sue Ellen Owens

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    INTRODUCTION

    Before Fulton County, there was DeKalb County; and before Atlanta, there was Decatur.

    DeKalb was established as Georgia’s 56th county on December 23, 1822, and is situated on a natural ridge that runs between Atlanta and Athens. The southern boundary is the South River and the northern boundary is the Hightower Trail, a trading path used by Native Americans. The county has 269 square miles. Within its borders are three natural wonders: the Soapstone Ridge, Arabia Mountain, and Stone Mountain. The Soapstone Ridge south of Stone Mountain is an exposed ridge of streatite used by Native Americans of the Archaic period. Stone Mountain is a natural wonder of granite, as is Arabia Mountain. Named after Johann de Kolb, a native of Germany and self-proclaimed baron who aided the colonists in their fight for independence, DeKalb County gave birth to many churches, farms, and schools. The county seat (land lot 246) was named for Stephen Decatur, a naval hero in the War of 1812. In 1921 Decatur was incorporated as a city, bearing the motto of a place of homes, schools and churches. While this motto officially belongs to the city of Decatur, in an historical sense it is representative of all of DeKalb County.

    Early settlers of DeKalb were of English, Scotch, and Irish descent and came from Virginia and the Carolinas. Many of them were poor and not highly educated; the majority were hardworking farmers who lived in log cabins and owned few, if any, slaves. DeKalb never operated under the plantation system, and in fact, the two DeKalb delegates to the convention on secession voted against seceding from the Union. Nevertheless, in July of 1864, DeKalb had its first taste of the Civil War. Gen. James B. McPherson with Gen. William T. Sherman’s army was under orders to destroy the Georgia railroad and occupy Decatur; the troops began first at Clarkston then moved through Stone Mountain toward Atlanta, breaking tracks as they went. Soldiers occupied Decatur Cemetery, from the courthouse square toward the site now home to Agnes Scott College, and along Sycamore Street. Much of the battle of Atlanta actually took place in DeKalb County, along DeKalb Avenue east of the city proper.

    During the early years, industries in DeKalb County included granite quarries, dairy farms, and cotton mills. The land near the South River produced 1,000 or more pounds of cotton per acre, and the county was one of the largest milk producers in the Southeast. Large farms supplied vegetables throughout the region. Development in DeKalb in those early years occurred mainly along the rivers; after 1845, development extended along the railroad lines from the county seat of Decatur east to Stone Mountain and southeast to Lithonia. The first three cities established in DeKalb County were Decatur, Stone Mountain, and Lithonia. The creation of the DeKalb waterworks signaled the first county-owned

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