Stone Mountain Granite and Railway Company purchases Stone Mountain for $37,000. 1869: With the arrival of a Georgia Railroad spur line, quarrying becomes a huge operation. 1870: The African ...

Stone Mountain Park is one of Georgia’s most visited attractions, drawing millions of tourists each year. The park offers hiking trails, a scenic railroad, and family-friendly events ...

For in-state adventures, check out these locomotives: North Georgia Live Steamers is ... ride a little closer to town, the Scenic Railroad at Stone Mountain train is tough to beat.

Reporting from STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. — Most postcards of the huge granite ... Since then the small railroad town below the rock has undergone a demographic change. The city’s African American ...

Spread across 3,200 acres, Stone Mountain Park boasts a variety of attractions ... a cable car ride, a scenic railroad, a miniature golf course and two full-size 18-hole courses, a seasonal ...

Today, Stone Mountain is an amusement park, with a railroad and mini-golf, and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Georgia. It’s also, according to the president of the NAACP ...

Visitors at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia, Aug. 19 ... He wrangled this city and destroyed the railroad tracks as he scorched the earth in petulant rage, but it regrew into a place where Black ...

A new survey found that Stone Mountain Park is the most popular park in Georgia. Other Georgia parks that made the list were Amicalola Falls State Park, Cloudland Canyon State Park, and Providence ...