Buckhead : A Place for All Time

by Barnard, Susan Kessler

• ISBN13: 9781892514028
• ISBN10: 1892514028
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

Buckhead is a magical neighborhood in north Atlanta that has come to be internationally known for its tree-canopied streets and some of the most sought-after real estate in the country. Referred to by many as the Beverly Hills of the South, Buckhead has been home to many of the South's most prestigious families and established companies. Originally a Native American river village, following the War of 1812 and seizure of the Creek Indian Nation land by the federal government in 1821, settlers established the community known as Buck's Head by 1838. The ensuing 150 years has seen the direct impact of several wars, the Depression, riots and murders, racial conflict, and the establishment of black neighborhoods, with Buckhead arriving at its place today as an international business center and playground for southern society. Whether a place to work, live, or play, Buckhead remains "a place for all time".

Table of Contents

Foreword
Franklin M. Garrett
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Sam Massell
Prehistoric Buckhead	1	(2)
1770 Standing Peach Tree	3	(4)
1812-1814 Standing Peach Tree	7	(4)
1821-1833 Pioneer Days	11	(4)
1820s-1830s A Road By Any Other Name	15	(4)
1830s Railroads	19	(2)
1838 Buck's Head	21	(4)
1843 Marthasville	25	(2)
1850s Where There's a Mill There's a Way	27	(6)
1860-1861 Pre-Civil War Period in Atlanta	33	(2)
1864 Buckhead and the Civil War	35	(8)
1865 Lumber	43	(6)
1870s Citizens, Churches, and Calamities	49	(6)
1880s One-Room Schoolhouses	55	(4)
1870s-1880s As the Wheel Turns	59	(4)
1890s President Benjamin Harrison Looks for Buckhead	63	(4)
1900 Turn-of-the-Century Buckhead	67	(4)
1903-1910 Buckhead Retreat	71	(6)
1900-1910 More Children, More Schools	77	(2)
1912 Johnson Town	79	(4)
1911-1916 Buckhead for Sale?	83	(8)
1915 The Leo M. Frank Case	91	(4)
1917-1919 Drugstores, Estates, and Turtle-back Roads	95	(8)
1920s The Ku Klux Klan	103	(8)
1920-1924 Rename Buckhead?	111	(8)
1920s-1930s Dairies	119	(2)
1925-1929 Buckhead, Such A Lovely Neighborhood	121	(6)
1925-1929 A Surge of New Enterprises	127	(8)
Late 1920s Their Hearts Were Young and Gay	135	(6)
1928 A Crime Spree	141	(2)
1929 Fritz Orr Camp	143	(2)
1930s The Great Depression	145	(4)
Early 1930s Colonial Dames of Buckhead	149	(10)
Early 1930s Race Relations in Buckhead	159	(4)
1930s Prison Camp in Buckhead	163	(2)
1934-1939 Trolleys, Clubs, and Snowstorms	165	(8)
Mid to Late 1930s Prohibition, Police, and Private Schools	173	(4)
1940-1941 Buckhead Before World War II	177	(4)
1940s Buckhead Goes to War	181	(6)
1940s Buckhead During the War	187	(4)
1945 Buckhead Life Following the War	191	(6)
1952 Annexation	197	(4)
1950s A New Buckhead Emerges	201	(4)
The End of the Story...or Is It?	205	(2)
Footnotes	207	(38)
Index	245