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British colony from 1733; state constitution 1777; joined the Confederacy in early 1861, and was the last Confederate state to be restored to the Union, in 1870.
Georgia (USA) covers 59,425 square miles {153,909 square kilometers}.
The population of Georgia (USA) is 10,429,379 (2017 estimate).
The popular names are 'Peach State', 'Peach Tree State', and 'Empire State of The South'.
The state song is "Georgia On My Mind" (1930), enacted into law in 1979.
The state flower is the Cherokee Rose (rosa laevigata); the state bird is the Brown Thrasher; the state tree is the live oak.
The state crop is the peanut; the state fruit is the peach; the state vegetable is the Vidalia onion.
The state mineral is staurolite crystals; the state gem is quartz.
The state amphibian is the American Green Tree Frog; the state fish is the largemouth bass; the state reptile is the gopher tortoise.
The state mammal is the white-tailed deer; the state marine mammal is the right whale; the state insect is the honey bee.
Georgia ranks as the number one most at risk state for corruption in the country, per a study by The Government Integrity Institute (9/2015).
Georgia's northernmost part is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains system. The Piedmont Plateau Region extends through the central part of the state
from the foothills of the Blue Ridge to the Fall Line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the Coastal Plain Region of the state's southern part.
Georgia (USA) is divided into 159 counties, nine of which are consolidated city-county governments.
list of counties in Georgia (USA) at Wikipedia
Official Website of the State of Arizona
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Arizona Scenic Roads [USDOT website]
Statewide Links
entry for State of Georgia (USA) at Wikipedia
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Georgia's Historic Heartland
Progressives for A Better Georgia [est. 2011]
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/
http://www.gaconstitutionparty.org/
http://www.georgiastatefair.org/ Georgia State Fair [est. 1851]
Buffalos Cafe [chain est. 1985] has 15 locations in Georgia
Georgia Historical Society
A Few Important People
Gov. Janet Napolitano
U.S. Senator Jon Kyl [since 1994]
U.S. Senator John McCain [since 1986]
Congressman John Lewis
Georgia's 5th District = dem
political activist Stacey Abrams
Mary Kay Andrews of Atlanta, Georgia
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official website
Wikipedia
writing as Kathy Hogan Trocheck:
Callahan Garrity of Atlanta mystery series
historian Daniel J. Boorstin [1914-2004] was born in Atlanta, Georgia; he served as Librarian of Congress, 1975 to 1987.
James Earl 'Jimmy' Carter, Jr. was born in Plains, Georgia, USA in 1924.
76th Governor of Georgia, 1971-75; 39th U.S. President, 1977-81; winner Nobel Peace Prize in 2002
The Carter Center [est. 1982] in Atlanta, Georgia
"Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains" (2007) /tt0913958/
Afro-American actor & activist Raiford Chatman 'Ossie' Davis [1917-2005]] was born in Clinch County, Georgia.
movie comedian Oliver Norvell Hardy [1892-1957] was born in Harlem, Georgia.
Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908] wrote the "Uncle Remus' folk tales.
pharmacist-grocer Claude A. Hatcher developed the Royal Crown Cola soft drink in 1905 in Columbus, Georgia.
Western legend John Henry 'Doc' Holliday [1851-87] was born in Griffin, Georgia.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-68] was born in Atlanta, Georgia.
Herman W. Lay founded H.W. Lay Corp. in Atlanta, Georgia in 1939 as a distributor of potato chips;
changed product name to Lay's Potato Chips in 1944.
Afro-American filmmaker Shelton Jackson 'Spike' Lee was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1957.
Juliette Gordon Low [1860-1927] was born in Savannah, Georgia; she founded the Girls Scouts of the U.S.A. in 1912.
Margaret 'Peggy' Mitchell [1900-49] was born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA;
she wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1936 bestseller "Gone With The Wind".
author Flannery O'Connor [1925-64] was born in Savannah, Georgia.
Dr. J. Michael 'Mike' Orenduff of Valdosta, Georgia
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operates the Book & Table Inn - bookstore, cafe, hotel [est. July 2016], 120 No. Patterson Street in Valdosta, Georgia
pharmacist John Styth Pemberton of Atlanta, Georgia invented the flavor syrup for Coca-Cola® soft drink in May 1886.
Atlanta, Georgia Metropolitan Area
is comprised of 30 counties out of Georgia's total of 159; Atlanta is the state's capitol and its most populous city.
entry for Atlanta, Georgia Metropolitan Area at Wikipedia
metro area core counties
Fulton County, Gwinnett County, Cobb County, DeKalb County, Clayton County
along with five more counties make up the Atlanta Regional Commission
Cherokee County, Douglas County, Fayette County (Fayetteville), Henry County, Rockdale County
the ten ARC counties and five more form the Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District [est. 2001]
Bartow County, Coweta County, Hall County, Forsyth County, Paulding County
The remaining 15 counties in Georgia's Atlanta Metropolitan Area are
Barrow County, Butts County, Carroll County, Dawson County, Haralson County, Heard County, Jasper County, Lamar County,
Meriwether County, Morgan County, Newton County, Pickens County, Pike County, Spalding County, Walton County
details are on G.E. Nordell's Atlanta, Georgia (USA) Travel & Business Links Page
Blue Ridge Mountain Region
From the discovery of gold in the Georgia Gold Belt in 1828, enough gold was mined in the area to cause a branch of the United States Mint to be located in Dahlonega, Georgia.
The Appalachian National Scenic Trail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appalachian_Trail
http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/
Piedmont Plateau Region
the Piedmont is home to prominent features like Stone Mountain[1] and the Brevard Fault line which runs parallel to the Chattahoochee River and bisects cities like Suwanee, Atlanta, Buford, and Duluth.
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
is comprised of 30 counties { details above }
AugustaRichmond County [est. 1736, consolidated 1996] in Georgia
The Augusta [GA] Chronicle newspaper [est. 1785]
Augusta [GA] Masters Golf Tournament [est. 1934]
Imperial Theatre [built 1917], 749 Broad Street in Augusta, Georgia
Poison Peach Film Festival [Jan 2016 = #8] at the Imperial Theatre in Augusta, Georgia
Coastal Plain Region
is divided from the Piedmont Plateau by the Fall Line, which passes through Georgia from Augusta in the east, then southwestward
to Macon, then to Columbus and finally westward to Montgomery, Alabama.
Brunswick Old Town Historic District
Hatch Chile Company of Brunswick, Georgia operates under license to Sadie's Restaurant of Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d'Elegance [October 2014]
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
the oldest city in the state and the county seat of Chatham County
browse travel books about Savannah, Georgia at Amazon
http://www.SavannahVisit.com
http://www.savannah.com/ Savannah [dot] com tourism website
City of Savannah [GA] Film Office
http://www.mansiononforsythpark.com/ Savannah, GA
Georgia State Railroad Museum [est. 1989] in Savannah, Georgia
http://www.chsgeorgia.org/ Coastal Heritage Society [est. 1975] based in Savannah, Georgia
Savannah History Museum [est. 1990], 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Savannah, Georgia
Old Fort Jackson National Historic Landmark in Chatham County, owned by the State of Georgia since 1976
Crystal Beer Parlor [est. 1933], 301 W. Jones Street (at Jefferson) in Savannah, Georgia
Mrs. Wilkes'
Paula Deen's Lady and Sons
Green Truck Pub
http://www.savannah-georgia-vibe-guide.com/
http://www.connectsavannah.com
http://www.moonriverbrewing.com/
http://www.savannahbrew.com/
http://www.PlantersInnSavannah.com
Savannah [GA] Greek Festival [Oct 2017 = #67]
Savannah [GA] Sports Council
Savannah Speed Classic [October 2018] at the Grand Prize of America Course on Hutchinson Island, Georgia
"Savannah" by Georgia Historical Society, Mandi D. Johnson isbn=0738506885
Valdosta, Georgia
Valdosta [Georgia] Daily Times http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/
Book & Table Inn - bookstore, cafe, hotel [est. July 2016], 120 No. Patterson Street in Valdosta, Georgia
Railroads of Georgia (USA)
listing of surviving steam locomotives in Georgia (USA)
'list of Georgia (USA) railroads' page at Wikipedia
Rail Museums listing for Georgia
Southeast Railroad Museum [est. 1970] in Duluth (Atlanta), Georgia
Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History [est. 1972, expanded 2003] in Kennesaw, Georgia
Georgia Garden Railway Society [est. 1991]
![Georgia State Railroad Museum [est. 1989] in Savannah, Georgia](images/GeorgiaStateRRMuseum.jpg "Georgia State Railroad Museum [est. 1989] in Savannah, Georgia")
Central of Georgia Railway []
"Central of Georgia Railway" book $19.99 0738516163
Central of Georgia RR Historical Society http://www.cofg.org/
25-mile Fulton County Rwy [est. 2004] in Georgia
297-mile Georgia & Florida Rwy [est. 1999, purch 2003]
194-mile Georgia Central Railway
Georgia Northern []
74-mile Georgia Southern Rwy
17.3-mile Georgia Woodlands RR [est. 1988]
Valdosta Railway [est. 1992] in Georgia
Indian Country of Georgia (USA)
In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act into law, sending many eastern Native American nations to reservations in present-day Oklahoma, including all of Georgia's tribes. Despite the Supreme Court's ruling in Worcester v. Georgia (1832) that ruled U.S. states were not permitted to redraw the Indian boundaries, President Jackson and the state of Georgia ignored the ruling. In 1838, his successor, Martin Van Buren, dispatched federal troops to gather the Cherokee and deport them west of the Mississippi.
The forced relocation, known as the Trail of Tears, led to the death of over 4,000 Cherokees.
The current state population (2010) is 0.3% American Indian, 8.8% Hispanic, 30.5% African American, and 59.7% white.
The Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe is part of the Creek Nation; the tribe maintains the Tama Tribal Town on a small reservation in Whigham, in Southwest Georgia.
The tribe was recognized by Georgia in 1973, but was denied tribal status by the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1981.
Reading Material About Georgia (USA)
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browse travel books about Atlanta, Georgia at Amazon
browse travel books about Savannah, Georgia at Amazon
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the 'Uncle Remus' folk tales by Joel Chandler Harris [1848-1908]
![Beer Connoisseur Magazine [est. 2009] subscription & website](covers/mBeerConnoisseur.jpg) | "The Beer Connoisseur" Magazine [est. 2009] based in Atlanta, Georgia
subscribe at Amazon: 4 issues/year {auto-renewal} for $21.00 magazine website visit the American Beer, Wine & Booze Pages at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "The Scribe: A Novel" [2015] by Matthew Guinn Set during the 1881 International Cotton Exposition; local police in post-Civil War Atlanta, Georgia suspect that a killer is a policeman, so they bring in two outsiders to discover his identity. Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton [9/2015] for $12.99 W.W. Norton 8½x6 hardcover [9/2015] for $17.74 |
Movies & TV, Stageplays, Other Media
lots of Civil War railroad stuff (synopsis, The Andrews Raid, books, posters, links) on
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lots of "G.W.T.W." stuff (synopsis, the novel & sequels, books, posters, links) on
Magic Lantern's "Gone With The Wind" 1939 Movie Page
Afro-American entertainment mogul Tyler Perry is based in Atlanta, Georgia
Tyler Perry Studios [est. 10/2008] in Atlanta, Georgia
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