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The old town clock in Rome (pop. 34,980) was built in 1871. The tower leading up to the clock is known as the Clock Tower Museum, in which visitors can climb the 107 steps to the top. On the walls along the way up is a life-size mural depicting scenes in the town’s history.

first appeared: 7/21/2002

Ashburn (pop. 4,419) calls itself the peanut capital of the world—fitting, since its main agricultural crop is peanuts and the town boasts a 20-foot-tall peanut monument.

first appeared: 7/14/2002

Okefenokee Swamp encompasses 600 square miles in Georgia and northern Florida. Moss-draped cypress trees and lily pad prairies provide sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife, including several endangered species.

first appeared: 7/7/2002

Macon native Little Richard, the self-proclaimed Architect of Rock ’n’ Roll, sang the dishwasher’s blues at Macon’s bus station as a teenager, long before he sang Tutti Frutti for the world.

first appeared: 6/30/2002

St. Marys Submarine Museum in St. Marys (pop. 13,761) houses more than 3,500 submarine items, including models, photographs, written histories, and artifacts.

first appeared: 6/23/2002

New Echota Cherokee Capital Historic Site in Gordon County was the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in Georgia. Inhabitants published the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper to use Sequoyah’s alphabet, in 1828.

first appeared: 6/16/2002

Alma (pop. 3,236) in Bacon County was named as an acronym composed from the first letters of Georgia’s last four capitals—Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville, and Atlanta.

first appeared: 6/9/2002

The tallest falls east of the Mississippi are the Amicalola Falls near Dawsonville (pop. 619). Named for the Cherokee word for “tumbling water,” the falls are 729 feet tall. Water drops only 180 feet at Niagara Falls.

first appeared: 6/2/2002

Clarke County is the state’s smallest county in area, covering 121.3 square miles, while the smallest county in population is Taliaferro, with 2,077 residents.

first appeared: 5/26/2002

Wesleyan College in Macon was the world’s first college chartered (in 1836) to grant degrees to women.

first appeared: 5/19/2002

DeForest Kelley, known as Dr. Leonard “Bones” McCoy of Star Trek, was born in Atlanta in 1920.

first appeared: 5/12/2002

On St. Catherine’s Island off the Georgia coast is the lost Mission Santa Catalina, Georgia’s oldest known church, built in 1566.

first appeared: 5/5/2002

The interconnecting rivers and creeks of the inland portion of Brunswick (pop. 15,600) and the Golden Isles (Jekyll Island, St. Simons Island, Sea Island, and Little St. Simons) are known collectively as the Marshes of Glynn.

first appeared: 4/28/2002

The two waterfalls known as Anna Ruby Falls in Habersham County mark the junction of Curtis Creek and York Creek.

first appeared: 4/21/2002

The second settlement in Georgia, the now defunct town of Ebenezer in Effingham County, was founded in 1734.

first appeared: 4/14/2002

The hogs of Ossabaw Island, south of Savannah, are descendants of Spanish pigs brought to the New World more than 400 years ago. They were small-range pigs with pointed ears, black or tan heavy coats, and long snouts.

first appeared: 4/7/2002

Bauxite was first discovered in America in 1887 near Rome (pop. 34,980). The mineral is used in making aluminum.

first appeared: 3/31/2002

Established in 1936 as a national monument, Ocmulgee Fields is an ancient Indian town situated at the edge of present-day Macon. It was the site of the first permanent Creek settlement after migration of the tribe from the West.

first appeared: 3/24/2002

The first Confederate flag to fly in Georgia was raised on the Webster County Courthouse lawn March 31, 1861.

first appeared: 3/17/2002

Athens’ City Hall displays a double-barreled cannon. Built in 1863, the cannon was loaded with two balls connected by a long chain. When the cannon was test-fired, however, the cannonballs proved uncontrollable.

first appeared: 3/10/2002

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