Sep 25, 2009 · Georgia's history is integrally linked to that of the rest of the South and the rest of the nation. But as the largest state east of the Mississippi, the youngest and southernmost of the thirteen …

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Sep 20, 2002 · Known as Coosaponakeesa among the Creek Indians, Mary Musgrove served as a cultural liaison between colonial Georgia and her Native American community in the mid-eighteenth …

History Overviews Archaeology & Early History Colonial Era, 1733-1775 Revolution & Early Republic, 1775-1800 Antebellum Era, 1800-1860 Civil War & Reconstruction, 1861-1877 Late Nineteenth …

Jan 20, 2009 · Early History The Cherokees inhabited the mountainous South long before the arrival of Europeans and Africans. Archaeological evidence and Cherokee origin stories indicate that …

Dec 6, 2002 · Marietta’s postwar history paralleled that of the rest of Georgia. Outside the city there were too many cotton farms for the surrounding countryside to support comfortably, but the city itself …

Jul 18, 2003 · Americus, the county seat of Sumter County in southwest Georgia, is located approximately nine miles east of Plains and 150 miles south of Atlanta, in the middle of a triangle …

Dec 6, 2002 · Gainesville, the “Queen City of the Mountains,” is located fifty-two miles northeast of Atlanta on Interstate 985, on the shore of Lake Lanier. Lying at the southern edge of the Blue Ridge …

Jan 22, 2003 · There are several popular stories of the beginning of Georgia’s gold rush; but in fact, no one is really certain who made the first discovery or when. According to one anecdote, John …