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Buford Dam 1956 before Lake Lanier was filled.  This was in the boonies back then.  I wonder if they cut those trees before filling the lake.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

First Permanent ARPANET Link Is Established (1969)
Funded by the US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), ARPANET was the first digital network that utilized packet switching, a method of data transmission. A revolutionary technology, it ultimately led to the creation of the modern Internet. The network's first permanent connection was made between computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Stanford Research Institute. By 1983, more than 300 computers were connected.

Downtown Atlanta 1950.  I posted this reflecting on how, back in the day, "we" had to go downtown to shop for anything aside from food.  We moved to a suburb in 1964 and this was still true, if I needed shoes, my mom took me downtown, usually to a store called Rich's, a department store.  Then malls sprung up (and later mostly died), then Walmart hit circa 1985 or so, I was gone by then.  

There is a strip mall not far from us that is busy all the time, parking lot full.  They do feature a Publix and a Kroger and CVS.  It's just interesting how one strip mall can survive and prosper while many others on the outskirts seem to be dying, especially the large malls.  One critique about where we live is lack of retail, which I don't miss much personally because I get stuff on line if I need anything now, usually.  My wife talks about it.  Women seem to like shopping, like most men I think, if I need something at a store, I go in with purpose get it and leave.

Still had those in my network in the 2000s

Only 20 years ago 

Pain in my ass.
Vandals loved em

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 
Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species Is Published (1859)
Darwin, a British naturalist, formed the basis of his theories of evolution during his scientific survey expedition to South America aboard the HMS Beagle from 1831–1836. He developed his theory for more than 20 years before publishing it in his famous On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection in 1859. Darwin's controversial theory was quickly accepted in most scientific circles.

The concept of evolution was widely accepted before Darwin published.   The core of his theory was/is natural selection as the mechanism.  There were other theories about how species evolved before Darwin.

Lamarck's theory of evolution, proposed by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, states that organisms can pass on physical changes acquired during their lifetime to their offspring, meaning characteristics developed through use or disuse of an organ are inherited by the next generation; a famous example is the idea that a giraffe's neck lengthens over its life by stretching to reach high leaves, and this longer neck is then passed on to its offspring.