Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
|What design is on the 'tail' side of the Georgia State quarter(25 cent piece)?||Georgia On My Mind
A peach. The coin shows a peach at its center, surrounded by the state motto, 'Wisdom, Justice and Moderation'.
|A tiny pest decimated Georgia's cotton economy during the Great Depression of the 1930's. What was this pest?||Georgia On My Mind
The Boll Weevil. With the innocuous Latin name of Anthonomous Grandis, the Boll Weevil is North America's most serious cotton pest.
|Eli Whitney's invention, in Georgia, did much to aid the local plantation owners. What was the invention?||Georgia On My Mind
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 Georgian Cherokee scholar invented an alphabet for writing the Cherokee language. What was his name?||Georgia On My Mind
Sequoyah. The giant sequoia, which is one of the largest living organisms on earth, got its name from the Cherokee Chief.
|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
The Trail of Tears. The gruelling march took its toll on the participants.Beginning in earnest in 1838, it was completed by 1839.
|Georgia has the largest land area east of the Mississippi. True or false?||Georgia On My Mind
t. Florida has a land area of 53,927 sq miles with an additional 4,672 sq miles of water. Georgia has a land area of 57,906 sq miles, plus 1,016 sq miles of inland water.
Santa Catalina. Founded in 1566, on Saint Catherine's Island, the Spanish mission has been 'rediscovered' by a team of archaeologists.
The Garden State. The Garden State is the New Jersey's nickname.
King George II. Georgia became the first southern state to join the union, on January 2, 1788.
|What Georgia city is known as the 'Classic City of the South' for its antebellum mansions?||Georgia Fun Facts
Athens. This charming Southern city has many examples of Greek Revival and Federal architecture.
|What President's 'Little White House' can be visited in Pine Mountain?||Georgia Fun Facts
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's the name of the NHL team that plays in Atlanta's Philips Arena?||Georgia Fun Facts
Thrashers. The Atlanta Thrashers played their first game in this state-of-the-art sports facility in September, 1999.
|In the town of St. Mary's stands a tree stump dedicated to the memory of what famous American?||Georgia Fun Facts
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.
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 Savannah, you can visit the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low. What organization did she found?||Georgia Fun Facts
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.
|What Georgia city did the British capture in a surprise attack on December 29, 1778?||Georgia Fun Facts
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.
Americus. The flight was made in May 1923, right after he bought his first plane.
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.
|What town in Georgia, first called Wellston, became the eighth largest city in Georgia in only 42 years?||Georgia On My Mind
Warner Robins. Warner Robins is the eighth largest because of Robins Air Force Base
Terminus. Because Atlanta was originally located at the end of a railroad.
six. They are the following cities: Atlanta, Augusta, Louisville, Macon, Milledgeville, and Savannah.
|In what central Georgia town was Coca-Cola inventor John Pemberton born?||Georgia On My Mind
Knoxville. Knoxville is the county seat of Crawford County, west of Macon, GA.
|In 1995, the Georgia Assembly designated Georgia as the _________ Capital of the World?||Georgia On My Mind
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.
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.
|Is it illegal to put an ice cream cone in your back pocket on Sundays in Atlanta?||Georgia On My Mind
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.
Dublin. Dublin is a bird sanctuary. It has been as such for many years.
|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
Sonny Perdue. Sonny is the first Republican ever popularly-elected in Georgia, and the third Republican EVER to be Georgia's governor.
Newt Gingrich. Newt resigned for some unknown reason in 1998.