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Henry Woodfin Grady
| May 24, 1850 |
Henry Woodfin Grady is born, Athens, Georgia
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| March 14, 1874 |
Henry Grady publishes an editorial titled The New South in the old Atlanta Herald. In it he calls for creation of a regional economy based on an industrialized South. He later turned these concepts into a stump speech.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 18, 1876 |
Having given up on a journalism career in Atlanta, Henry Grady is on the way to the Atlanta passenger depot to catch a train to Augusta and a waiting job. He runs into Evan Howell, who had just purchased a major interest in the Atlanta Constitution. Howell offers Grady a job on the spot and before the train leaves, Grady and Howell are headed for the offices of the Constitution. One of Grady's first hires is Joel Chandler Harris.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 19, 1876 |
Henry Grady hires Joel Chandler Harris, who had fled Savannah because of yellow fever
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| December 23, 1889 |
Henry Woodfin Grady dies.
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 21, 1891 |
Atlanta's Henry W. Grady monument is dedicated. A ten-foot bronze statue rests upon a pedestal of Georgia granite
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| May 25, 1892 |
Named for Henry Woodfin Grady, Grady Hospital is dedicated
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Atlanta, Georgia (through 1900) |
| August 17, 1905 |
Grady County created
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Grady County, Georgia |
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