Show how city got title atlanta received the title of the gate city at a banquet held in charleston S C Q in 1850 1950 according to robert F in a speech speece at mayor sims dinner to visiting railroad officials at the biltmore hotel they had a big celebration in charleston when the railroad from charleston to memphis was completed mr maddox said atlanta antEk and other cities sent representatives atlanta was an inland city while the others were located on navigable waterways ter ways the mayor of atlanta was called on to respond to the toast atlanta the gate city of the south and the city city has held this honorable title ever since |