Georgia
- Vicinity: Southeastern United States
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1733/02/01 | James Edward Oglethorpe | Founder | Gen James Oglethorpe establishes the Colony of Georgia, named for King George II of England, and lays out its first city, Savannah. |
| Physiographic Features | Type | AsNotedIn |
|---|---|---|
| East Gulf Coastal Plain | Physiographic Section |
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| Panola Mountain | Mountain | |
| Piedmont Lowlands | Physiographic Section |
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| Sea Islands | Archipelago |
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| The Golden Isles of Georgia | Region |
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| Particulars for Georgia: | |
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| Locale Type | US State |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A House in the Uplands | Book | Erskine Caldwell | ||
| Deliverance (book) | Novel | James Dickey | "Deliverance" is set on the fictional Cahulawassee River in the north Georgia wilderness. | |
| Deliverance (film) | Film | John Boorman | "Deliverance" is set on the fictional Cahulawassee River in the north Georgia wilderness. | |
| Sherman's March | Film | Ross McElwee | Filming Location | |
| The Color Purple | Film | Steven Spielberg | The Color Purple is set in rural Georgia during the first half of the twentieth century | |
| The Color Purple (book) | Book | Alice Walker | The Color Purple is set in rural Georgia during the first half of the twentieth century | |
| The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (book) | Novel | Carson McCullers | ||
| The Ice Palace (short story) | Short Story |
|
F Scott Fitzgerald | "The Ice Palace" begins in the fictional city of Tarleton, Georgia. |
| The Jelly-Bean (short story) | Short Story |
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F Scott Fitzgerald | "The Jelly-Bean" is set in a little city of 40,000 that has dozed sleepily for 40,000 years in southern Georgia. |
| The March: A Novel | Novel |
|
E L Doctorow | |
| Tobacco Road | Film |
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John Ford | "Tobacco Road" is set in rural Georgia, 1941 |
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