1.3 Basketball The Savannah Historic District attracts over eleven million tourists each year, Closer Georgia consists of 159 counties second only to Texas with 254 Georgia had 161 counties until the end of 1931 when Milton and Campbell were merged into the existing Fulton Some counties have been named for prominent figures in both American and Georgian history and many bear names with Native American origin Counties in Georgia have their own elected legislative branch usually called the Board of Commissioners which usually also has executive authority in the county Several counties have a sole Commissioner form of government with legislative and executive authority vested in a single person Georgia is the only state with current Sole Commissioner counties Georgia's Constitution provides all counties and cities with "home rule" authority the county commissions have considerable power to pass legislation within their county as a municipality would. . Before the Braves moved to Atlanta the Atlanta Crackers were Atlanta's professional baseball team from 1901 until their last season in 1965 They won 17 league championships in the minor leagues the Atlanta Black Crackers were Atlanta's Negro League team from around 1921 until 1949 the Braves' Triple-A affiliate the Gwinnett Stripers of the International League has been based in the Gwinnett County suburb of Lawrenceville since 2009. . Player eligibility and benefits Image of March 1993 Storm of the Century covering the length of the east coast the outline of Georgia is discernible in the center of the image; Spain (294) Other events Dallas pop 22,604, 1920 2,895,832 11.0% Events of the 1996 Games were held in a variety of areas a number were held within the Olympic Ring a 3 mi (4.8 km) circle from the center of Atlanta Others were held at Stone Mountain about 20 miles (32 km) outside of the city to broaden ticket sales other events such as Association football (soccer) were staged in various cities in the Southeast. Cities 12 Notable people, [icon] Dobbins Air Reserve Base Infrastructure 1.2.1 Wooden rails introduced 2.4 On-time performance.
O Rank Name County Pop. Nicaragua (26), Amtrak soon had the opportunity to acquire rights-of-way Following the bankruptcy of several northeastern railroads in the early 1970s including Penn Central which owned and operated the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Congress passed the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 a large part of the legislation was directed to the creation of Conrail but the law also enabled the transfer of the portions of the NEC not already owned by state authorities to Amtrak Amtrak acquired the majority of the NEC on April 1 1976 (The portion in Massachusetts is owned by the Commonwealth and managed by Amtrak the route from New Haven to New Rochelle is owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Connecticut Department of Transportation as the New Haven Line.)[citation needed] This main line became Amtrak's "jewel" asset and helped the railroad generate revenue While the NEC ridership and revenues were higher than any other segment of the system the cost of operating and maintaining the corridor proved to be overwhelming As a result Amtrak's federal subsidy was increased dramatically in subsequent years other short route segments not needed for freight operations were transferred to Amtrak.[citation needed], Main article: Centennial Olympic Stadium Imperial conversion. .
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