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Here for your enjoyment is an aesthetic map of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Western & Atlantic Rail Road of Georgia, under the direction of Lieut. Col. S. H. Long, Chief Engineer, 1837, U.S. Topographical Bureau M. H. Stansbury, Del. It was made in 1837.
Includes area from Chattahoochee River between Warsaw and Cambelltown, and west to the Tennessee boundary. Shows cities, townships, roads, and rivers. The 138-mile route was opened in 1850. . From [Report of Thomas Stockton, Asst Engineer concerning Survey of said railroad, Oct. 25, 1837] Senate doc. 57, 25th Congress, 2nd sess., 1836-37. p. 38. serial 314. Accompanied by "profiles of the principal routes surveyed for the W.&A. Rail Road of Georgia,"
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