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Fort Frederica, built in 1736 on St. Simons Island (pop. 13,381), was named for the Prince of Wales, Frederick Louis (1702-1754), the only son of Britain’s King George II.

first appeared: 3/3/2002

Gwinnett County was named after Button Gwinnett, one of Georgia’s three signers of the Declaration of Independence. Since so few of his signatures are in existence, his is now the most valuable American signature for collectors.

first appeared: 2/24/2002

The bell in the 1808 Presbyterian Church in St. Marys (pop. 13,761) was cast by silversmith and patriot Paul Revere.

first appeared: 2/17/2002

At 3,200 feet above sea level, Lake Conasauga in Murray County is the state’s highest lake. It is located in the Chattahoochee National Forest.

first appeared: 2/10/2002

Statesboro (pop. 22,698), established in 1866, is the only city with that name in the United States.

first appeared: 2/3/2002

In 1793, Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin—which revolutionized the cotton industry—at a Savannah plantation.

first appeared: 1/27/2002

Named for John Milledge, governor of Georgia from 1802 to 1806, Milledge-ville is one of five cities to have served as capital of Georgia. The others are Savannah, Augusta, Lewisville, and Atlanta, the present capital.

first appeared: 1/20/2002

Fort Benning near Columbus was named in honor of Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, born in Columbia County in 1814.

first appeared: 1/13/2002

The Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park located in Fort Oglethorpe (pop. 6,940) is the nation’s oldest and largest military park. Most other military and historical parks were based on this one.

first appeared: 1/6/2002

Jekyll Island was named by Georgia settler Gen. James Oglethorpe for his friend Sir Joseph Jekyll, the largest financial contributor to the colony.

first appeared: 12/30/2001

Ellicott’s Rock, a rock embedded in the Chattooga River bank, is named for Andrew Ellicott. In 1811, he marked the location as the intersection of Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. He was actually 10 feet off.

first appeared: 12/23/2001

Alice Walker was born Feb. 9, 1944, in Eatonton (pop. 6,764). She earned the Pulitzer Prize in 1983 for The Color Purple.

first appeared: 12/16/2001

Peach County is the newest of the state’s 161 counties, created from Houston and Macon counties in 1924.

first appeared: 12/9/2001

Built in Fayetteville (pop. 11,148) in 1825, the Fayette County Courthouse is the oldest courthouse in the state.

first appeared: 12/2/2001

Gascoigne’s Bluff on St. Simons Island (pop. 13,381) has been a prime timber source for hundreds of years, providing the lumber for both the U.S.S. Constitution—Old Ironsides—in 1794 and the Brooklyn Bridge in 1874.

first appeared: 11/25/2001

Rising 445 feet from its base, Carters Dam in Gilmer and Murray counties is the highest earth and rockfill dam east of the Mississippi. It created Carters Lake, which, at more than 400 feet in places, is the deepest lake in Georgia.

first appeared: 11/18/2001

Fort King George in Darien (pop. 1,719), the state’s first colonial British garrison, was established in 1721 to resist the expansion of French and Spanish interests in the south.

first appeared: 11/11/2001

Built in 1783, the Old Jail in Washington County is the only log jail left in the state. It is now a historic landmark.

first appeared: 11/4/2001

The 1804 Chief Vann House in Chatsworth (pop. 3,531) was built by Cherokee Indian Chief James Vann and is said to be the only mansion in the nation built by an American Indian.

first appeared: 10/28/2001

Effingham County was named for Lord Effingham, an English nobleman who championed the rights of the American colonies and resigned his British army commission in 1775, refusing to serve in the Revolutionary War.

first appeared: 10/21/2001

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