Georgia Historic Sites and Points of Interest

Red Oak Covered Bridge
Built in the 1840s, the historic
covered bridge over Red Oak
Creek is the oldest in Georgia
and is still in use today.

The Civil War in Georgia
An original Confederate
cannon overlooks the
Chattahoochee River in the
historic city of Fort Gaines.

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St. Simons Lighthouse
The historic light tower on St. Simons Island
is said to be haunted by the ghost of a
keeper who was murdered in 1880.

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History in the Peach State...

One of the thirteen original colonies, Georgia
is a remarkable state with a rich and diverse
history.

Few states can rival the wide array of historic
sites that visitors find in Georgia. Historic
sites and points of interest include
battlefields, forts, Indian mounds, historical
homes, lighthouses, ruins of colonial
settlements and even the massive granite
dome of Stone Mountain near Atlanta.

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sites, please follow the links below:

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The Golden Isles
A cannon from the Colonial
era looks out over St. Simons
Sound and the Atlantic Ocean
from the waterfront on St.
Simons Island, one of the
Golden Isles of Georgia.

Camp Recovery
Located near Lake Seminole
in Southwest Georgia, Camp
Recovery was a hospital
camp established by the U.S.
Army in 1820.