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Name
  
Franklin Garrett

Role
  
Historian

Books
  
Yesterday's Atlanta


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Died
  
March 5, 2000, DeKalb County, Georgia, United States

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Franklin Miller Garrett (September 25, 1906 – March 5, 2000) was the only official historian of Atlanta. His massive Atlanta and Environs: A Chronicle of its People and Events remains the best reference for the city's history.

Contents

Franklin Garrett clip: 1986


Biography

A native of Milwaukee, he moved to Atlanta as a boy. He graduated from Boys High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He joined the Atlanta Historical Society in 1927 (a year after it was founded) which is today known as the Atlanta History Center. He served as historian for the Coca-Cola Company for 28 years. After retirement he devoted his full-time efforts to the Atlanta History Center.

He was married to Frances Steele Garrett, who died in September 2005.

Awards

  • Honorary doctorate from Oglethorpe University
  • Honorary doctorate from Georgia State University on June 20, 1998
  • Shining Light award for community service
  • The Georgia Railroad Named EMD GP 38-2 locomotive number 6051, as The Franklin M. Garrett in 1980. This locomotive ran on the Georgia R.R. until 1983, when the Georgia was Merged into Seaboard System. Seaboard System kept the name on the locomotive. The 6051 pulled the Last Georgia Mixed Train out of Atlanta in 1983. This locomotive today is CSXT 2702, retaing the name and is assigned to Atlanta's Tilford Yard.

    • References

    Franklin Garrett Wikipedia
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