GEORGIA
- Origin of name: In honour of George II of England
- Capital: Atlanta
- Largest city: Atlanta
- Population: 9,992,167 (2013 est) Ranked 8th in the US.
- Nicknames: Peach state; Empire state of the south.
- Highest point: Brasstown Bald, 4,784 ft.
- Admission to union: January 2nd, 1788 (4th)
- State motto: Wisdom, Justice, Moderation.
- State song: Georgia on my mind.
- State tree: Southern live oak
- State flower: Cherokee rose
- State bird: Brown Thrasher
- Area: 59,425 sq mi. Ranked 24th in the US.
Did you know……...
1) The City of Savanna was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic. It sailed from Georgia.
2) The pirate Edward "Blackbeard" Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island. The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975 and it now has a total of 3,000 acres.
3) Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River.
4) Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400,000 acres of canals; moss draped cypress trees, and lily pad prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species.
5) Marshall Forest in Rome is the only natural forest within a city limits in the United States.
The Little Bridges series was started by Stanthews in 2009 to highlight small footbridges in remote parts of Wiltshire. Since then the series has been expanded by others all over the country and starting to spread fast, Damian from Winter Foxes has created and updates a list of cachers who has found 10 or more little bridges and can be found here, if you would like to add to the series, please contact Stan hereand he will give you a number for your bridge, to qualify, the bridge must be a foot bridge too small for vehicles, please make sure your title exactly matches “Little Bridges # xx then name” including spaces so it will get picked up and added to Damian’s list.