Bloomburg’s varsity girls’ basketball team won its eighth consecutive game on Feb. 18, and in the process wrapped up an Area championship.
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Atlanta, we will be offering historical stories and photos each week throughout 2022. These articles were researched using various sources in the Atlanta Public Library and old copies of the newspaper.
Keisha Shelling is the Administration Clerk for the City of Atlanta. Shelling was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and finished high school at South Mountain High School in 1992. She worked at the Bank of America in Arizona before moving to Atlanta, Texas in 2010 to be closer to her father while he was sick. Her father, Charles James passed away in 2014.
This year marks 150 years since Atlanta was founded in 1872 by the laying of tracks between Texarkana and Marshall by the Texas and Pacific Railroad. A celebration is scheduled for September 9-10, 2022, with many activities in the planning stages.