History

Horton House on Jekyll Island, a tabby structure dating back to 1743, is thought to be the oldest home in Georgia.

After the Revolutionary War, Georgia had claims to large sections of territory stretching to the Mississippi River called the Yazoo Lands, but lacked the resources to protect it.

The Windsor Hotel opened in 1892 and attracted overnight visitors and local guests for balls and other grand celebrations until it closed in the 1970s. 

The peach originated in China and was traded along the Silk Route, a road that connected China to the West. By the late 1500s, the fruit arrived in the southern islands of the United States where it began its journey to becoming the state fruit of Georgia.

Every year the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation hosts two Rambles, which include tours of historic properties not generally open to the public in one town or city.

Constructed of hand-hewn logs in around 1783, the tiny one-room Warthen Old Jail is still standing in Warthen, Georgia, about 65 miles southwest of Augusta.

While Dahlonega gets the glory for Georgia’s first gold rush in 1828, the first gold was found near Villa Rica in 1826.

Next to New York City, Savannah has the largest St.

Before the interstates, tourists still drove to Florida through Georgia, usually on challenging dirt roads.

Harriet Tubman is trending, with the highly regarded 2019 film, “Harriet ,” last year’s discovery of her childhood home and the campaign to place her on our $20 bill.