And so we come to the first state on our tour that was one of the original 13 colonies. It is also the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr., and that is the reason why Georgia is today’s state.
Georgia was originally founded as a debtor’s colony by James Ogelthorpe. From 1735-1750, Georgia was the only British colony to prohibit the slave trade.
On January 2nd, 1788 Georgia became the 4th state of the Union.
State Bird: Brown Thrasher
State Flower: Cherokee Rose
Capital: Atlanta
Largest Cities: Atlanta (470,688), Augusta (190,782), Columbus (185,271)
Resident: Georgian
Nickname: Peach State
Governor: Republican Sonny Perdue
Song: Georgia On My Mind
Famous Residents:
Ty Cobb, baseball player
Martin Luther King Jr., Civil rights activist
Jimmy Carter, former president
Jim Brown, former Cleveland Brown
James Brown, singer
Ray Charles, singer
Bobby Jones, golfer
Jackie Robinson, baseball player
Little Richard, singer
Worst Resident: Michael Vick, dog murderer and all-around asshole
Hottest resident: Annalynne McCord, 90210 and Nip/Tuck
Joe’juh
somebody get this kid a happy meal?!?
/Big Daddy’d
Wow this is up already? I thought I scheduled this for like 4 hours from now.
Didn’t this guy play football?
4th!
/Georgia’d
50 States in 50 Business Days.
Damn it Tampa
Why are we doing this again?
Doesn’t Ciara live in Georgia? I’ll take her over that white girl.
Outkast is from Georgia.
If we are going to do this can we please put up the Space Filler tag for sanity purposes
50 States in 50 Days > Beating the Iggles
Dakota Fanning is from Georgia, I’ll take her.
/fetch
That’s racist.
Mikhiel Saakashvilli is from Georgia
Ty Pennington is from Georgia
/my wife’d
Wasnt Oglethorpe the fat catcher in Bad News Bears?
Who is Ty Pennington?
/really’d
rwh–Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host.
Does MLJ cover college basketball?
+1 Happy
Oh…I have seen that show once..is he the annoying dude?
Rick…we cover it as extensively as we cover Hockey but not as insightful as we cover the 50 states
Only the Jayhawks and Longhorns.
Yea…he’s the one that is constantly screaming and being obnoxious.
I got no complaints with the site or content, just wondering if you covered it.
FTIW – sit down (not in front of a computer) and try and write all 50 states and capitals. You will be surprised at the one that will escape your grasp.
The capital of Washington is Washington DC right?
/grasp escape’d
We should continue to get the ball to Braylon Edwards.
/grasp escape’d
rick-i know someone that covers college basketball….
I don’t think you can say that Braylon Edwards should continue to get the ball until he learns how to hold onto it.
wilhelm, are you just messing with me at this point? If so, please add a /wilhelm’d afterwards so that I know.
O’s sign Markakis to 6 year, 66 million deal. Good for both sides.
Sweet.
They got Felix Pie from the Cubs. I don’t know if that means anything.
Tampa – it means they wanted Corey Patterson back.
the o’s are gonna have a shot at the AL East in a couple seasons.
Corey Patterson is the greatest player in the history of evar
/Dusty
/Bizzaro Nick P
God I hope so, just want them to at least reach .500, but really like what McPhail has been doing.
New road uni’s are sweet too.
Hef isnt this Ironic dont ya think.
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