The first to be seduced by Savannah was her
founder General James Edward Oglethorpe. The general and 120 others
on the good ship "Anne" landed on a bluff high along the Savannah
River in February 1733. Oglethorpe named the thirteenth and final
American
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colony Georgia, after England's King George II
and Savannah became its first city. He then laid the city out in a
series of grids to allow for wide open streets with shady public
squares and parks.
Today, the Historic District is a 2.5 mile walking district full of
bistros, quaint shops, green squares and grand architecture. General
Oglethorpe's vision of Southern hospitality and a genteel gay of
life is still alive in those who call Savannah home.
Today you can visit
the Wormsloe Historic Site and re-live the first days of the
colony at one of Georgia's only surviving examples of plantation
life. Take a picturesque drive up the Avenue of the Oaks to
journey back in time to see how Savannah's first settlers tamed
the new wilderness. You can trace battles from the War of 1812
and the Civil War at Old Fort Jackson, Fort Screven and Fort
Pulaski.
Journey back in time
and visit eighteenth and nineteenth-century architectural
excellence of the King-Tisdell Cottage, Juliette Gordon Low
Birthplace, Andrew Low House, Davenport House and Owens-Thomas
House.
You'll also
discover the contributions of Africans to the American tapestry
at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum or visit one the
South's oldest art museums, the Telfair Museum of Art. |
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