Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . on mills. Its manufactures of iron, steel and woollen goods arequite extensive. The products of all its manufactures, in 1880, aggregated in ITS STATES AND TERRITORIES. i57 value $36,440,948, of which $6,481,894 were from cotton goods. There were,in 1880, 2673 miles of railroads in operation within the State. The assessedvaluations of real and personal estate in Georgia at that time was $239,472,-5*99, the true valuation being estimated at $313,067,293, Georgia has provided well for the education of its chi
Our great continent; sketches, picturesque and historic: within and beyond the States . on mills. Its manufactures of iron, steel and woollen goods arequite extensive. The products of all its manufactures, in 1880, aggregated in ITS STATES AND TERRITORIES. i57 value $36,440,948, of which $6,481,894 were from cotton goods. There were,in 1880, 2673 miles of railroads in operation within the State. The assessedvaluations of real and personal estate in Georgia at that time was $239,472,-5*99, the true valuation being estimated at $313,067,293, Georgia has provided well for the education of its children. In 1880there were 226,627 out of 433,444, of school age, enrolled in its public schools,but the average daily attendance was only 132,000. There were 34,000 inprivate schools. There are seven universities and colleges in the State. The largest city in Georgia is Atlanta, its capital, which contained, in1880, 37,409 inhabitants. Its population is rapidly increasing. Savannah had30,709, and Augusta 21,891. The sobriquet of The Empire State of the South has been given iti KY«
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