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In 1780, Washington (pop. 4,295) became the first city in the nation to be incorporated in the name of George Washington.

first appeared: 12/8/2002

The Shields-Ethridge Heritage Farm near Jefferson (pop. 3,825) features 20 historic buildings. The surrounding farm has been in the same family for more than 200 years.

first appeared: 12/1/2002

Atlanta’s Hartsfield airport, located within two hours flying time of 80 percent of the nation’s population, is among the busiest in the world.

first appeared: 11/24/2002

Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome (pop. 34,980), established in 1857, was constructed atop a hill to protect its deceased citizens from the town’s early flooding.

first appeared: 11/17/2002

The Savannah River was named for American Indians known as the Savana, now thought to have been a band of Shawnee Indians who settled near present-day Augusta in 1681.

first appeared: 11/10/2002

The Dacula (pop. 3,848) home of Elisha Winn served as the first center of government for Gwinnett County in the early 1800s, with a jail and courtroom in adjoining buildings.

first appeared: 11/3/2002

For six generations, the Lee family of Hoboken (pop. 463) has taught Sacred Harp Singing, a European style of music written in four-part harmony, which has evolved into a Southern tradition of community singing.

first appeared: 10/27/2002

Georgia’s official state symbol, the peach, is not native to the state, but was introduced by Spanish missionaries in the 1500s. Peaches are thought to have originated in China.

first appeared: 10/20/2002

Designed in 1886, the Savannah Cotton Exchange was the first building to span a public thoroughfare.

first appeared: 10/13/2002

The state leads America in pecan production with 70 million pounds of pecans harvested in 2000. Translation: 140 million pecan pies.

first appeared: 10/6/2002

The new colony’s founders rewarded the first settlers to endure a year there with 64 quarts of molasses. They used the syrup mainly to sweeten baked goods, but also made rum with it.

first appeared: 9/29/2002

In July 1914, the first Girl Scout camp was held for 10 days on Wassaw Island, an undeveloped barrier island.

first appeared: 9/22/2002

In the 1920s, Highway 41 near Dalton (pop. 27,912) earned the nicknames “bedspread alley” and “peacock alley” for the colorful bedspreads area families sold to travelers.

first appeared: 9/15/2002

Juliette Gordon Low, born in Savannah, organized the Girl Scouts in 1912 with a group of 18 girls. Low, who was hearing impaired, welcomed girls with disabilities into scouting.

first appeared: 9/8/2002

Ty Cobb, born in Narrows in 1886, is considered one of the greatest baseball players of all time. He was among the first group of players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1936.

first appeared: 9/1/2002

Georgia, one of the original 13 colonies, was established in 1733 at Savannah and named after King George II. After the Revolutionary War ended, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

first appeared: 8/25/2002

Georgia’s Capitol dome is gilded with gold mined from Dahlonega (pop. 3,638), the site of the first gold rush in North America.

first appeared: 8/18/2002

The Christ’s Memorial Chapel on U.S. 17 in South Newport was built by a grocer in 1949 to give travelers a place to rest. It measures approximately 10-by-15 feet and seats 13.

first appeared: 8/11/2002

The Blue and Gray Museum in Fitzgerald (pop. 8,758) was established in January 1961. Located in the Old Depot Building, the museum mirrors the town’s history and features rare Union and Confederate battle relics.

first appeared: 8/4/2002

Oscar and Edna Poole established a tiny roadside restaurant in 1989 in East Ellijay (pop. 707). Poole’s Bar-B-Q is now world famous—not just for the food, but also for its Pig Hill of Fame: 3,000 plywood pigs decorated with customers’ names.

first appeared: 7/28/2002

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