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NASCAR driver Bill Elliott, known as “Awesome Bill from Dawsonville,” was born in 1955 in Dawsonville (pop. 619). Elliott holds the record for the fastest lap ever in a stock car at 212 mph.

first appeared: 6/13/2004

Born in 1889 in Columbus, Robert Winship Woodruff became president of the struggling Coca-Cola Co. in 1923 and fizzed up sales.

first appeared: 6/6/2004

In the 1940s, Channing Cope of Covington (pop. 11,547) quickly spread the use of the kudzu vine for erosion control and grazing, and founded the Kudzu Club of America.

first appeared: 5/30/2004

While living in Baxley (pop. 4,150), Caroline Pafford Miller wrote part of her 1934 Pulitzer Prize novel, Lamb in his Bosom, near the soda fountain at Barnes Drug Store. She was the state’s first novelist to win a Pulitzer Prize.

first appeared: 5/23/2004

Reed Bingham State Park near Adel (pop. 5,307) is known for its vulture population which, at certain times of the year, can number in the thousands.

first appeared: 5/16/2004

Atlanta Motor Speedway is home to the Tara Place Condominiums, which are situated in a nine-story building that towers above the fourth turn. It is comprised of 46 luxury units, a swimming pool and two tennis courts.

first appeared: 5/9/2004

North America’s oldest whale fossil, 40 million years old, was unearthed by Georgia Power workers in 1983 and donated to the Georgia Southern Museum in Statesboro (pop. 22,698).

first appeared: 5/2/2004

Lyricist Johnny Mercer, who was born in 1909 in Savannah, wrote or co-wrote more than 1,100 songs, including Jeepers Creepers, That Old Black Magic and Moon River.

first appeared: 4/25/2004

Built in the 1840s, the 252-foot Red Oak Creek Bridge in Meriwether County is the state’s oldest remaining covered bridge.

first appeared: 4/18/2004

The Georgia Rural Telephone Museum in Leslie (pop. 455) exhibits rarities from the entire span of the nation’s telephone history. It houses the collection of curator Tommy Smith, who claims his is the world’s largest collection of telephones and telephone memorabilia.

first appeared: 4/11/2004

In January 2001, Georgia adopted a new state flag. The new version features a gold ribbon containing small images of the three state flags that have flown over Georgia, as well as the current and past versions of the United States flag.

first appeared: 4/4/2004

A unique double-barreled cannon manufactured in Athens during the Civil War now stands beside Athens City Hall. The cannon didn’t work properly and was never used in action.

first appeared: 3/28/2004

The state’s official vegetable, the Vidalia sweet onion, is grown in a small region around Vidalia (pop. 10,491) and Glennville (pop. 3,641) in southern Georgia.

first appeared: 3/21/2004

America’s first gold rush reportedly took place in Dahlonega (pop. 3,086) in 1828. The town’s name means “yellow money” in Cherokee.

first appeared: 3/14/2004

Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain (pop. 875) is a world-famous, 14,000-acre family resort and gardens known for its azaleas.

first appeared: 3/7/2004

The state was the first to allow 18-year-olds to vote. It did so in 1943.

first appeared: 2/29/2004

The state song, Georgia on My Mind, was written by Stuart Gorrell, composed by Hoagy Carmichael, and copyrighted in 1930.

first appeared: 2/22/2004

The original 1839 governor’s mansion in Milledgeville (pop. 18,757) became a barracks for military cadets after the capital was moved to Atlanta in 1868. Today, it’s part of Georgia College and State University.

first appeared: 2/15/2004

Xavier Roberts of Cleveland (pop. 1,907) was 23 in 1978 when he organized five school friends to form Original Appalachian Artworks Inc. They produced soft “Little People” dolls with birth certificates. The concept grew into the Cabbage Patch Kids craze of the early 1980s.

first appeared: 2/8/2004

The Georgia Poultry Park in Gainesville (pop. 25,578) features a 25-foot-tall marble monument topped by a bronze rooster—testament to the area’s poultry industry.

first appeared: 2/1/2004

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