. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . vcount of the assem-ly here of the Pro-visional Congress,and the establishmentof the ProvisionalGovernment. ThreedajS after the surrender ofLees Army at Appomattox CourtHouse, General Wilsons Cavalry reached Mont-In spite of the violent changes wrought by the war,. Montgomery notonly held her own,but steadily in-creased in wealthid population. From1880 Montgomery;s in every direction,and the population increased more than sixthousand, being sixteen thousand seven hundredand thirteen in
. The heart of the South along the line of the Atlanta & West Point and the Western railway of Alabama . vcount of the assem-ly here of the Pro-visional Congress,and the establishmentof the ProvisionalGovernment. ThreedajS after the surrender ofLees Army at Appomattox CourtHouse, General Wilsons Cavalry reached Mont-In spite of the violent changes wrought by the war,. Montgomery notonly held her own,but steadily in-creased in wealthid population. From1880 Montgomery;s in every direction,and the population increased more than sixthousand, being sixteen thousand seven hundredand thirteen in 1880. From 1880 to 1890 the towntook on all the more distinguishing marks of its presentlife as a community. The population at this time was estimated to be abouttwenty-seven thousand people. The population, including the suburbs, to-day(1898), is estimated to be thirty-five has to-day the following railroads: Montgomery & Mobile Railroad (I^onisville& Nashville), approaching from the South; North and South Railroad (Louisville & Nashville),from the North; The Western Railway of Alabama, extending from Atlanta, via Montgomery toSelma; Central of Georgia Railway, connecting Montgomery with Savannah via Eufaula; AlabamaMidland Railroad, connecting Montgomery and Bainbridge and forming a part of the Plant System;Georgia & Alabama R
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