GeorgiaInfo, the state’s online almanac based at the University of Georgia, launched a redesigned website Jan. 21. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/ GeorgiaInfo is part of the Digital Library of Georgia, and is hosted by GALILEO and the University of Georgia Libraries. GeorgiaInfo was created in 1996 by the UGA Carl Vinson Institute of Government. In 2008 the site […]
And just what is a philatelist you may ask? Not a scientist or doctor of anything, but simply someone who studies stamps! Many Georgia people, events, and symbols have been featured on postage stamps. The man who founded Georgia, James Oglethorpe, was featured on a stamp in 1933–the bicentennial of Oglethorpe’s landing at Yamacraw Bluff […]
One-hundred fifty years ago today (July 21, 1861), the first major battle of the Civil War was fought near the town of Manassas Junction, VA. Three Georgia infantry units participated in the battle, under the command of Colonel Francis Stebbins Bartow. Bartow had been active in secessionist politics, helping to organize early secession demonstrations in […]
On this day in 1905, the Georgia state legislature established Stephens County, making it the state’s 143rd county. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, the county was created out of portions of Habersham and Franklin counties in northeast Georgia. The county was named for Alexander Stephens, who served as governor of Georgia and vice president […]