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The Dahlonega (pop. 3,638) Mint began coining gold in 1838 and operated until the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861. More than $6 million in gold coins were minted there, including 1,120 $3 coins.

first appeared: 9/11/2005

The Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum opened in 1996 in Pooler (pop. 6,239), west of Savannah. The 90,000 square-foot museum complex exhibits aircraft, weapons and personal gear of flight and ground crews—such as hand-painted bomber jackets. The museum also records oral histories of people who have served in the Eighth Air Force from its earliest days during World War II.

first appeared: 9/11/2005

Jekyll Island Club Hotel on Jekyll Island began as an exclusive hunting retreat in 1886 for the nation’s wealthiest financiers and industrialists. The elegant riverfront Victorian-era hotel was renovated in the 1980s and still dazzles guests.

first appeared: 8/28/2005

The 1871 Springer Opera House in Columbus is the official state theater and has showcased legends such as Oscar Wilde and Will Rogers.

first appeared: 8/14/2005

The state’s official school, adopted by the Legislature in 1997, is the 1921 Plains (pop. 637) High School, the alma mater of President Carter (class of 1941) and his wife, Rosalynn (class of 1944). The building serves as the museum and visitors’ center of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site.

first appeared: 7/31/2005

A rare mule-powered cotton gin can be seen operating during festivals at Westville, a re-created 1850s village near Lumpkin (pop. 1,369).

first appeared: 7/17/2005

Given for excellence in radio and television broadcasting, the George Foster Peabody Awards were first conferred in 1941. The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication in Athens administers the awards.

first appeared: 6/19/2005

The complete history of papermaking—from paper’s ancient forerunners of bark, stone and metal to modern paper mills—is chronicled at the Robert C. Williams American Museum of Papermaking in Atlanta.

first appeared: 6/5/2005

The state proclaimed grits as its official prepared food in 2002 and Warwick (pop. 430), home of the National Grits Festival in April, as the "Grits Capital of the World" the following year. The coarsely ground corn dish is a centuries-old Southern staple.

first appeared: 5/22/2005

Born a slave in Thomasville (pop. 18,162) in 1856, Henry O. Flipper was the first African-American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.

first appeared: 5/8/2005

Since 1963, a 56-foot-tall sheet-metal chicken has ruled the Marietta (pop. 58,748) landscape. Built for a chicken-and-burger restaurant, the bird has rolling eyes and a moving beak. The first time its motor was switched on, the chicken vibrated and shattered every window in the restaurant.

first appeared: 4/24/2005

The 1785 Rock House in Thomson (pop. 6,828) is believed to be the state’s oldest stone house with its original design intact.

first appeared: 4/10/2005

Medal of Honor and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients are memorialized at the National Museum of Patriotism, which officially opened in Atlanta last July 4.

first appeared: 3/27/2005

"Shoot the Bull" is the state’s official beef barbecue championship cookoff, held annually in Hawkinsville (pop. 3,280).

first appeared: 3/13/2005

Established in 1919, Bobs Candies in Albany today is one of the world’s leading candy cane makers.

first appeared: 2/27/2005

Every year since 1998, the Airports Council International has named Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport the world’s busiest passenger airport. In 2003, the last year for which figures are available, the facility served 79 million passengers.

first appeared: 2/13/2005

Alabama Vest of Macon, who invented the kazoo, made quite an impression with the musical instrument at the 1852 state fair. Macon clockmaker Thaddeus von Clegg fabricated the kazoo according to Vest’s specifications.

first appeared: 1/30/2005

In downtown Atlanta, a goodwill crew of 60 ambassadors—wearing pith helmets, toting walkie-talkies and sometimes riding Segway Human Transporters—serves as a hospitality patrol. The Ambassador Force, which began in 1996, helps visitors with directions, escorts residents to parking garages and provides emergency assistance to anyone who needs it.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

Near Mountain City (pop. 829), the highest state park-3,640 feet-in Georgia is Black Rock Mountain State Park, which sits on top of the Eastern Continental Divide and is home to Lookoff Mountain, Marsen Knob, Scruggs Knob, Boundary Point Knob and Black Rock.

first appeared: 1/2/2005

The largest kangaroo herd outside of Australia lives in Dawsonville (pop. 619), home of the Kangaroo Conservation Center, an 87-acre kangaroo breeding facility.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

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