Overlooked History of Georgia

Learn the forgotten stories of Georgia’s past, from a lost colony to the time Georgia had three governors at once.

1717: Margravate of Azilia	1777: Button Gwinnett	1778: Georgia State Navy
1795: Yazoo Land Scandal	1796: Pine Barrens Speculation	1804: Walton War
1807: Horace King	1828: Cherokee Syllabary and Cherokee Phoenix	1832: Tree That Owns Itself
1839: John Thrasher	1856: Arrowsmith Hoax	1862: Major General David Hunter
1862: Great Locomotive Chase	1872: Period of the False Seal	1897: Von Gammon
1902: Alonzo Herndon	1912: RMS Titanic	1922: Tomb of the Known Soldier
1927: George P. Burdell	1936: Crypt of Civilization	1940: Kenesaw Mountain Landis
1946: Three Governors Controversy	1958: Tybee Island Nuclear Bomb	1962: Gravity Research Foundation Monument
1977: Presidential Connections

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1717: Margravate of Azilia

1777: Button Gwinnett

1778: Georgia State Navy

1795: Yazoo Land Fraud

1796: Pine Barrens Speculation

1804: Walton War

1807: Horace King

1828: Cherokee Syllabary and Cherokee Phoenix

1832: Tree That Owns Itself

1839: John Thrasher

1856: Arrowsmith Hoax

1862: Major General David Hunter

1862: Great Locomotive Chase

1872: Period of the False Seal

1897: Von Gammon

1902: Alonzo Herndon

1912: RMS Titanic

1922: Tomb of the Known Soldier

1927: George P. Burdell

1936: Crypt of Civilization

1940: Kenesaw Mountain Landis

1946: Three Governors Controversy

1958: Tybee Island Nuclear Bomb

1962: Gravity Research Foundation Monument

1977: Presidential Connections

🡄 Previous Series: America’s Forgotten National Parks

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