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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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King George II. Georgia became the first southern state to join the union, on January 2, 1788.
The Garden State. The Garden State is the New Jersey's nickname.
Santa Catalina. Founded in 1566, on Saint Catherine's Island, the Spanish mission has been 'rediscovered' by a team of archaeologists.
| Georgia has the largest land area east of the Mississippi. True or false? | Georgia On My Mind
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f. Florida has an area of 65,755. Georgia has a total land area of 59,425 sq miles, including 1,011 sq miles of inland water.
| The Cherokee people that once inhabited the region of Georgia, were removed to the Oklahoma territory beginning in 1832, with the distribution of Cherokee lands among white prospectors. What was the name given to the long march in which thousands died? | Georgia On My Mind
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The Trail of Tears. The gruelling march took its toll on the participants.Beginning in earnest in 1838, it was completed by 1839.
| A Georgian Cherokee scholar invented an alphabet for writing the Cherokee language. What was his name? | Georgia On My Mind
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Sequoyah. The giant sequoia, which is one of the largest living organisms on earth, got its name from the Cherokee Chief.
| Eli Whitney's invention, in Georgia, did much to aid the local plantation owners. What was the invention? | Georgia On My Mind
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The Cotton Gin. Patented on March 14, 1794, the cotton gin made the south prosperous. But the plantation owners refusal to pay for Whitney's invention, and the use of pirate cotton gins resulted in Whitney's company going out of business just three years later.
| A tiny pest decimated Georgia's cotton economy during the Great Depression of the 1930's. What was this pest? | Georgia On My Mind
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The Boll Weevil. With the innocuous Latin name of Anthonomous Grandis, the Boll Weevil is North America's most serious cotton pest.
| What design is on the 'tail' side of the Georgia State quarter(25 cent piece)? | Georgia On My Mind
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A peach. The coin shows a peach at its center, surrounded by the state motto, 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'.
Jimmy Carter . James Earl Carter was the 39th President of the US, from 1977 to 1981. Born in the small farming town of Plains, he was the governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975.
| What Georgia city did the British capture in a surprise attack on December 29, 1778? | Georgia Fun Facts
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| In Savannah, you can visit the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low. What organization did she found? | Georgia Fun Facts
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Girl Scouts of America. Juliette Gordon Low, born in Savannah in 1886, got the idea for the Girl Scouts when she met Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, in England. She held the first meeting of the American Girl Scouts in her living room on March 9, 1912. Her birthplace is now a Girl Scout museum.
Dalton. This northwestern Georgia city, famous for its textile production, produces 65-70 percent of all American carpets. There are over 100 outlet stores in the city.
| In the town of St. Mary's stands a tree stump dedicated to the memory of what famous American? | Georgia Fun Facts
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George Washington. When the stump was actually a giant oak, it was a popular tourist attraction. The oak was planted in 1799, the year Washington died. The tree itself died in 1986, leaving only a stump.
| What's the name of the NHL team that plays in Atlanta's Philips Arena? | Georgia Fun Facts
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Thrashers. The Atlanta Thrashers played their first game in this state-of-the-art sports facility in September, 1999.
| What President's 'Little White House' can be visited in Pine Mountain? | Georgia Fun Facts
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Franklin Roosevelt's. The six-room house still looks the way it did when FDR died here on April 12, 1945. The President was attracted to the Warm Springs area by the warm water with supposed curative powers.
| What Georgia city is known as the 'Classic City of the South' for its antebellum mansions? | Georgia Fun Facts
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Athens. This charming Southern city has many examples of Greek Revival and Federal architecture.
| In the State of Georgia, you could spend many years in jail and have a large fine if you put a ________ in your bathtub? | Georgia On My Mind
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Dublin. Dublin is a bird sanctuary. It has been as such for many years.
| Is it illegal to put an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays in Atlanta? | Georgia On My Mind
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Yes. Rumor has it, it is because if a horse follows you home you can claim it as the owner. The ice cream was supposed to entice the horse to follow.
giraffe. There sure are some crazy laws on the books out there! Why would they forbid something like that? Send me a message if you know.
| In 1995, the Georgia Assembly designated Georgia as the _________ Capital of the World? | Georgia On My Mind
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Poultry . Georgia produces over 40% of all chickens in the United States. In fact, if Georgia were a country, it would rank fifth in the world in chicken production.
| In what central Georgia town was Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton born? | Georgia On My Mind
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Knoxville. Knoxville is the county seat of Crawford County, west of Macon, GA.
six. They are the following cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Louisville, Macon, Milledgeville, and Savannah.
55. Only 55! For example: Peachtree St., W. Peachtree St., Peachtree Circle, Peachtree Terrace, Peachtree Place, Peachtree Industrial Boulevard...) The list goes on and on...
Terminus. Because Atlanta was originally located at the end of a railroad.
| What town in Georgia, first called Wellston, became the eighth largest city in Georgia in only 42 years? | Georgia On My Mind
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Warner Robins. Warner Robins is the eighth largest because of Robins Air Force Base
The Tree That Owns Itself. A landowner loved this tree so much for some reason the he willed the land out to eight feet in every direction to the tree.
Americus. The flight was made in May 1923, right after he bought his first plane.
They are named after different people.. Houston, Texas, was named for Sam Houston, President of Texas. Houston County, is named after John Houstoun, Governor of Georgia.(The "u" was later dropped)
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