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Designated in 1927, Indian Springs State Park near Jackson (pop. 3,934) is one of the nation’s oldest state parks.

first appeared: 12/5/2004

Opened in 1929, Luther Williams Field in Macon is among the nation's oldest minor league baseball stadiums.

first appeared: 11/21/2004

John S. Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola, whose formula he based on his earlier concoction known as Pemberton’s French Wine Coca, at Jacob’s Pharmacy in 1886 in Atlanta.

first appeared: 11/7/2004

The Laurel & Hardy Museum in Harlem (pop. 1,814) features memorabilia related to Oliver Hardy, born there in 1892.

first appeared: 10/24/2004

The rock band R.E.M. began performing in 1980 in Athens, considered the epicenter of “new wave” music.

first appeared: 10/10/2004

Opened in 1984, Hughston Sports Medicine Hospital in Columbus was one of the nation’s first hospitals devoted to treating sports injuries.

first appeared: 10/3/2004

Chartered in 1857, Alpharetta (pop. 34,854) was named by combining the Greek words alpha and retta, meaning “first” and “town.”

first appeared: 9/19/2004

Founded in 1740, Bethesda Home for Boys in Savannah is one of the nation’s oldest orphanages.

first appeared: 9/12/2004

From humble beginnings as a petting zoo, Wild Adventures Theme Park in Valdosta (pop. 43,724) is the nation’s largest privately owned theme park, complete with 50 rides and 500 animals.

first appeared: 9/5/2004

In 1923, Fiddlin’ John Carson of Fannin County (pop. 19,798) made the first country music record: The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane and The Old Hen Cackled and the Rooster’s Going to Crow.

first appeared: 8/29/2004

Actress Holly Hunter, who won an Academy Award for her 1993 role in The Piano, was born in 1958 in Conyers (pop. 10,689).

first appeared: 8/22/2004

The concept that grew into Habitat for Humanity International was born at Koinonia Farm, a farming community founded in 1942 near Americus (pop. 17,013).

first appeared: 8/15/2004

A 1938 Ford convertible with hand controls used by President Franklin D. Roosevelt is parked at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Museum at the FDR Little White House Historic Site in Warm Springs (pop. 485).

first appeared: 8/8/2004

The U.S. National Tick Collection—more than 1 million bloodsuckers representing most of the world’s 850 species—is housed at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro (pop. 22,698).

first appeared: 8/1/2004

The state’s oldest governor, Lamartine G. Hardman, was 71 when he took office in 1927, and also served a second term.

first appeared: 7/25/2004

Dating back to 1894, Coca-Cola’s first outdoor painted wall advertisement can be seen on the side of Young Brothers Pharmacy in Cartersville (pop. 15,925).

first appeared: 7/18/2004

Streets were named for both Union and Confederate generals when Fitzgerald (pop. 8,758) incorporated in 1895 as a colony for veterans.

first appeared: 7/11/2004

Alma (pop. 3,236) was named by combining the first letters of the state’s four capitals: Augusta, Louisville, Milledgeville and Atlanta.

first appeared: 6/27/2004

More than 600,000 bushels of apples are harvested each year in Gilmer County (pop. 23,456), the state’s “apple capital.”

first appeared: 6/20/2004

A 3,000-square-foot garden or “green roof” was planted atop Atlanta City Hall last December to improve air quality.

first appeared: 6/13/2004

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