The rapid transformation of farmland into the city of BIRMINGHAM began in 1870, when two railroad routes met in the Jones Valley, a hundred miles south of Huntsville. What attracted speculators was not the scenery, but what lay under it - a...
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Three highways converge at HAMILTON , where you can see the Grampians from the edge of the main street. It's a civilized little city whose main claim to fame is that it's the Wool Capital of the World. The only reason you're likely...
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ATLANTA is a relatively young city: only incorporated in 1847, it was little more than a minor transportation center until the Civil War, when its accessibility made it a good site for the huge Confederacy munitions industry - and consequently a...
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