1．Okefenokee Swamp encompasses over 400，000acres of canals；moss draped cypress（［植］柏科树的，柏木属植物（原产北美、欧、亚），柏树枝（用作哀悼的标志））trees，and lily pad（［植］睡莲叶子）prairies providing sanctuaries for hundreds of species of birds and wildlife including several endangered species．
2．Cumberland Island National Seashore contains the ruins of Dungeness，the once magnificent Carnegie estate．In addition，wild horses graze among wind swept dunes（（由风吹积而成的）沙丘）．
3．The late John F．Kennedy，Jr．and his future wife stopped in Kingsland on the way to their marriage on Cumberland（坎伯兰郡（英格兰一郡名））Island．
4．Historic Saint Marys Georgia is the second oldest city in the nation．
5．The City of Savanna was the first steamship to cross the Atlantic．It sailed from Georgia．
6．Ways Station was renamed Richmond Hill on May 1，1941，taking the name of automaker Henry Ford’s winter estate．
7．The pirate Edward “Blackbeard”Teach made a home on Blackbeard Island．The United States Congress designated the Blackbeard Island Wilderness Area in 1975and it now has a total of 3，000acres．
8．On January 19，1861，Georgia joined the Confederacy．
9．The official state fish is the largemouth bass．
10．In Gainesville，the Chicken Capital of the World it is illegal to eat chicken with a fork．
11．Georgia was named for King George II of England．
12．Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single masses of exposed granite（花岗岩）in the world．
13．Georgia is the nations number one producer of the three Ps－peanuts，pecans（［植］美洲山核桃树，美洲山核桃），and peaches．
14．At the Hawkinsville Civitan Club’s Annual Shoot the Bull Barbecue Championship，people from all over Georgia and surrounding states flock to this small south Georgia town to enter their tasty barbecue（吃烤烧肉的野餐）concoctions（调合，混合）in this famous cook－off．The funds raised from this event benefit the Civitan International Research Center and its work toward a cure for Down’s syndrome（综合病症）and other developmental disabilities．
15．Each year Georgia serves as a host to the International Poultry Trade Show，the largest poultry convention in the world．
16．The oldest portable（轻便的，手提（式）的，便携式的）steam engine in the United States is on display at Historic Railroad Shops in Savannah．
17．Known as the sweetest onion in the world，the Vidalia onion can only be grown in the fields around Vidalia and Glennville．
18．Georgia is the largest state east of the Mississippi River．
19．Georgia’s population in 1776was around 40，000．
20．Cordele claims to be the watermelon（西瓜）capital of the world．
21．The annual Masters Golf Tournament（锦标赛，联赛）is played at the Augusta National in Augusta every first week of April．
22．Georgia is often called the Empire State of the South and is also known as the Peach State and Cracker State．
23．In 1828Auraria，near the city of Dahlongea，was the site of the first Gold Rush in America．
24．Coca－Cola was invented in May 1886by Dr．John S．Pemberton in Atlanta，Georgia．The name “Coca－Cola”was suggested by Dr．Pemberton’s bookkeeper，Frank Robinson．He penned the name Coca－Cola in the flowing script that is famous today．Coca－Cola was first sold at a soda fountain（冷饮柜）in Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta by Willis Venable．
25．Berry College in Rome has the world’s largest college campus．
26．The Little White House in Warm Springs was the recuperative（使恢复的，有恢复力的）home of Franklin D．Roosevelt．
27．In 1942Jekyll Island was a private resort sold to the state by the owners，a group of millionaires．
28．Providence Canyon State Park，near Lumpkin，is known as the Little Grand Canyon of Georgia．
29．The Cherokee rose is the official state flower，the live oak the official tree；and the brown thrasher the official bird．
30．United States Highway 27runs the length of Georgia and is known as Martha Berry Highway，named after a pioneer educator．
31．Marshall Forest in Rome is the only natural forest within a city limits in the United States．
32．The popular theme park－Six Flags Over Georgia，was actually named for six flags that flew over Georgia．England，Spain，Liberty，Georgia，Confederate States of America，and the United States．
33．The locomotive engine popularly known as The General is housed in the Big Shanty（简陋小屋，棚屋）Museum in Kennesaw．It was stolen in the Andrews Railroad Raid in 1862and later depicted（描述，描写）in The Great Locomotive Chase，a popular movie．
34．The name of the famous south Georgia swamp，the Okefenokee，is derived from an Indian word meaning the trembling earth．
35．Brasstown Bald Mountain is the highest point in Georgia．It has an elevation（海拔）of 4，784feet．
36．The Cyclorama is a three dimensional（空间的）panorama（全景）that depicts the famous Battle of Atlanta，and is located in Grant Park in Atlanta．
37．Thomasville is known as the City of Roses．
38．Chickamuga National Park is the site of the bloodiest battle in American history．
39．Plains is the home of Jimmy Carter，the 39th President．
40．The figures of Stonewall Jackson，Jefferson Davis，and Robert E．Lee make up the world’s largest sculpture（雕塑）．It is located on the face of Stone Mountain．Additionally Robert E．Lee’s horse，Traveler，is also carved at the same place．
41．Savannah was the landing site for General James Edward Oglethorpe，founder of Georgia．
42．The world’s largest Infantry（步兵，步兵团）training center is located at Fort Benning．
43．The largest Farmer’s Market of its kind is located in Forest Park．
44．Ralph Bunch，United States diplomat，was the first Georgian to win the Nobel Peace Prize．
45．Callaway Gardens is a world famous family resort，known for its azaleas（［植］杜鹃花）．
46．Wesleyan College in Macon（梅肯［美国佐治亚州中部城市］）was the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women．
47．Madison is known for its beautiful antebellum（〈美〉战前的（尤指南北战争前的））homes spared during Sherman’s fiery march to the sea．
48．Chehaw in Albany is a well known wild animal park．
