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Interesting
Data About Georgia
- Cumberland Island National Seashore
contains the ruins of Dungeness, the once magnificent
Carnegie estate. In addition, wild horses graze among wind
swept dunes.
- The late John F. Kennedy, Jr. and his
future wife stopped in Kingsland on the way to their
marriage on Cumberland Island.
- Historic Saint Marys Georgia is the second
oldest city in the nation.
- The City of Savanna was the first
steamship to cross the Atlantic.
It sailed from Georgia.
- Ways Station was renamed Richmond Hill on
May 1, 1941, taking the name of automaker Henry Ford's
winter estate.
- The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach made
a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress
designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975
and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
- On January 19, 1861, Georgia joined the
Confederacy.
- The official state fish is the largemouth
bass.
- In Gainesville, the Chicken Capital of the
World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork.
- Georgia was named for King George II of
England.
- Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the
largest single masses of exposed granite in the world.
- Georgia is the nations number one producer
of the three Ps--peanuts, pecans, and peaches.
- At the Hawkinsville Civitan Club's Annual
Shoot the Bull Barbecue Championship, people from all over
Georgia and surrounding states flock to this small south
Georgia town to enter their tasty barbecue concoctions in
this famous cook-off. The funds raised from this event
benefit the Civitan International Research Center and its
work toward a cure for Down's syndrome and other
developmental disabilities.
- Each year Georgia serves as a host to the
International Poultry Trade Show, the largest poultry
convention in the world.
- The oldest portable steam engine in the
United States is on display at Historic Railroad Shops in
Savannah.
- Known as the sweetest onion in the world,
the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around
Vidalia and Glennville.
- Georgia is the largest state east of the
Mississippi River.
- Georgia's population in 1776 was around
40,000.
- Cordele claims to be the watermelon
capital of the world.
- The annual Masters Golf Tournament is
played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week
of April.
- Georgia is often called the Empire State
of the South and is also known as the Peach State and
Cracker State.
- In 1828 Auraria, near the city of
Dahlongea, was the site of the first Gold Rush in America.
- Coca-Cola was invented in May 1886 by Dr.
John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The name
"Coca-Cola" was suggested by Dr. Pemberton's bookkeeper,
Frank Robinson. He penned the name Coca-Cola in the
flowing script that is famous today. Coca-Cola was first
sold at a soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta by
Willis Venable.
- Berry College in Rome has the world's
largest college campus.
- The Little White House in Warm Springs was
the recuperative home of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Google News - Georgia
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Georgia State Trivia
Capital City:
Atlanta
Area: 59441 sq.mi.
Land: 57919 sq.mi.
Water: 1522 sq.mi.
Coastline: 100 mi.
Shoreline: 2344 mi.
Area Codes: 229,404,478,678,706,770,912
Bird: Brown Thrasher
Flower: Cherokee Rose
Highest Point: 4784 feet
Lowest Point: Sea level
Soil: Georgia-Tifton
Tree: Live Oak
Largest Cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah,
Athens, Macon, Roswell, Albany, Marietta
Nickname: Peach State
Population: 8,186,453
Economy:
Agriculture: Poultry and eggs, vegetables, cattle, hogs, peanuts, dairy products
Industry: Textiles and apparel, Chemical products, paper
products, transportation equipment, food processing, electric
equipment, tourism
Georgia State Flag
The Georgia flag
has three red and white stripes and the state coat of
arms on a blue field in the upper left corner. Thirteen
stars surrounding the seal denotes Georgia's position as
one of the original thirteen colonies. On the seal three
pillars supporting an arch represent the three branches
of government; legislative, judicial and executive. A
man with sword drawn is defending the Constitution,
whose principles are wisdom, justice and moderation. The
date 1776 represents the signing of the Declaration of
Independence. Flag adopted May 8th, 2003
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