1922 - 1929
Rebecca Latimer Felton, publisher, writer, and journalist became the first woman to serve in the U. S. Senate.
Poet/writer James Dickey was born, Atlanta (Piedmont Hospital), Georgia
Earnest Woodruff became president of Coca-Cola
Carving begins on Stone Mountain. The committee overseeing the construction of Stone Mountain votes to cancel Gutzon Borglum's contract, following Borglum's outburst in the local papers over problems with the project. Sculptor Augustus Lukeman takes over the Stone Mountain project. He suggests that three men, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis, be enshrined on the face of the mountain. The U. S. Mint struck the first Stone Mountain coin and it went on sale at 3,000 banks across the nation.
Dial telephone service began in Atlanta
The stadium at Ponce de Leon Park burned; most of the Atlanta Crackers uniforms were destroyed.
Former President Woodrow Wilson, who grew up in Augusta and practiced law in Atlanta, died.
Army Air Service tells the city of Atlanta they must have a airfield in order to retain the headquarters of the Fourth Corps area. Asa Candler offered Candler Race Track for Atlanta to use as an airfield if the city would pay the taxes. After his second offer the prospect of an air route through Atlanta to Florida and perhaps Panama Atlanta mayor Walter Sims and Atlanta's Board of Alderman accepted the offer for Candler Field to become Atlanta Airport. William B. Hartsfield was appointed head of the committee to oversee Atlanta Airport operations
Jimmy Carter was born in Plains.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor visit Warm Springs, Georgia for the first time. George Foster Peabody invited them believing the warm, mineral-laden water would benefit the polio-stricken politician. Several years later Roosevelt returned to greet the first polio patients who arrived at the Warm Springs Foundation. He helped to establish an exercise program and share his experiences.
Atlanta forbade the teaching of evolution in public schools
Mrs. Joseph Madison High donated the land on which her house was built for the express purpose of building an art museum in Atlanta.
Sears Roebuck on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta opened its doors for
Air mail flights to Atlanta Airport began, however soon ended because there was not enough business to support the Atlanta to Miami route. Several years later the U.S. Post Office advertised for bids for the Atlanta-New Orleans route and the Atlanta-Miami route abandoned by Florida Air. Pitcairn Air won the Miami to Atlanta contract. Pitcairn manufactured planes changed its name to Eastern Air Transport. The National Weather Service established an office at the Atlanta Airport.
Juliet Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts, died.
George Busbee was born in Vienna, Georgia.
Rosalynn Smith (Carter) was born in Plains, Georgia.
The Georgia Hardwood Lumber Company, now known as Georgia-Pacific, incorporated.
100,000 people watch as "Lucky Lindy" parades from Atlanta's Candler Field to Georgia Tech's Grant Field, where 20,000 heard him deliver a speech, shortly after his non-stop solo flight to Paris.
After blasting Gutzon Borglum's work from the face of Stone Mountain, Augustus Lukeman unveils his work on the face of the mountain. The Venables, the original owners, reclaimed Stone Mountain, ending any attempt to complete the sculpture. They had deeded the north face of the mountain to the UDC in 1916 and given them 12 years to complete a sizable Civil War monument.
The cornerstone was laid for the Fox Theater in Atlanta.
Lookout Mountain Hotel, also known as the Castle in the Clouds, opens on Lookout Mountain in Georgia. It became notorious for gambling and booze, parts of the structure were allegedly built to hide illegal alcohol during prohibition. Rumors also tied it to Chicago mop money. Elizabeth Taylor and her fourth husband, Eddie Fisher are rumored to have once stayed there.
While drilling an access shaft to a cave that had been sealed by a railroad tunnel, a worker discovers a second cave on Lookout Mountain. Tours began of Lookout Mountain Caverns, but ended in 1935. The caverns eventually became Ruby Falls.
Martin Luther King was born in Atlanta.
Coca-Cola magnate Asa Candler died, Atlanta
The first football game was played in Sanford Stadium. Georgia defeats Yale 15 to 0.
The Fox Theater opened.
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