Jim.

I had checked my French's and seen the Blood's Depot and no Atlanta. Thanks
for supplying the date of the change. I think they should change it back,
but some people don't want too much "character".

David Minor

>I am town historian of Cohocton, Steuben County, NY, which includes the
>hamlet of Atlanta.  The post office and railroad station at that place
>were named "Atlanta" in 1892, at the request of the local citizenry.  The
>place was formerly known as "Blood's Depot," from the last name of an
>early settler.
>
>The former Cohocton town historian, W. Merle Wheaton, born in 1911 and now
>deceased, lived his whole life in Atlanta and vicinity.  He knew most of
>the older residents, but he was never able to learn why the name "Atlanta"
>was chosen.  I suspect that "Blood's" was considered an unpleasant name,
>and that Atlanta was chosen because it commemorated a Union victory in the
>Civil War, and because it sounded better.
>
>Jim Folts
>Cohocton Town Historian
>PO Box 327
>Cohocton, NY 14826


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