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GEORGIA...

FROM A STUNNING COAST
WHERE NATURE RUNS WILD,

ACROSS FIELDS OF COTTON,

TO SNOW-DUSTED PEAKS

AT THE END OF ONE OF THE WORLD'S
LONGEST HIKING TRAILS.

THIS IS A STATE LOVED
BY PRESIDENTS, WRITERS,

AND A CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
WHO SOUGHT TO HEAL THE NATION

WITH A TRANSCENDENT DREAM.

AERIAL GEORGIA EXPLORES THE RICH
HISTORY OF THIS SOUTHERN STATE,

FROM MYSTERIOUS TRACES
OF ITS ANCIENT PEOPLE,

TO PAINFUL MEMORIES OF
AMERICA'S WAR-TORN PAST.

IT WAS HERE THAT
A VISIONARY AD MAN

REVOLUTIONIZED TELEVISION NEWS,

AND A TERRORIST TRIED TO DESTROY
THE OLYMPIC DREAMS OF THOUSANDS.

WHERE A SMALL PIONEER TOWN

WAS HOME TO AMERICA'S
FIRST GOLD RUSH.

AND A CITY ONCE LEVELED BY WAR

ROSE AGAIN TO GLIMMER
FROM THE ASHES.

THIS IS GEORGIA,
THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH.

IN THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF GEORGIA,

ON THE BANKS OF
THE ETOWAH RIVER,

STAND THE RELICS OF
A LOST WORLD.

THESE EARTHEN MONUMENTS WERE
BUILT BY AN ANCIENT SOCIETY

KNOWN TO ARCHAEOLOGISTS AS THE
MISSISSIPPIAN MOUND BUILDERS.

THESE PEOPLE AND THEIR
STRUCTURES MAY BE GONE,

BUT THE OUTLINES OF THEIR ONCE
SOPHISTICATED CULTURE REMAIN.

FROM THIS SIX-STORY-TALL MOUND,

IT'S BELIEVED THAT
THE CITY'S CHIEF PRIEST

MAY HAVE PRESIDED
OVER CEREMONIES

ON A BUSTLING PLAZA DOWN BELOW.

SMALLER MOUNDS MAY HAVE BEEN
USED AS BURIAL SITES

OR TO SUPPORT THE HOMES OF
OTHER PROMINENT CITIZENS.

MANY DETAILS ABOUT THESE NATIVE
AMERICANS AND THEIR CULTURE

REMAIN A MYSTERY.

MOUND BUILDERS
WERE THE ANCESTORS

OF THE CREEK AND CHEROKEE,

WHO DOMINATED GEORGIA
IN THE CENTURIES THAT FOLLOWED.

BUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
EVENTUALLY PRESSED THESE TRIBES

TO MOVE TO OKLAHOMA--

AND IN 1838, FORCIBLY RELOCATED
THOSE THAT REMAINED.

AN ESTIMATED 4,000 NATIVE
AMERICANS DIED ON THE JOURNEY,

WHICH IS KNOWN AS
THE TRAIL OF TEARS.

NEARBY, THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
NATIONAL FOREST

COVERS ALMOST 750,000 ACRES
OF RUGGED LANDSCAPE,

INCLUDING SPRINGER MOUNTAIN.

IT'S THE SOUTHERN ENDPOINT OF
THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL,

WHICH STARTS 2,000 MILES NORTH
IN THE STATE OF MAINE.

ONE HISTORIAN
DISMISSED THIS REGION

AS "NOTHING BUT
A DESERT WITH TREES."

BUT RATTLESNAKES, COPPERHEADS,
AND BLACK BEARS ALL LIVE HERE.

NORTH GEORGIA IS ALSO
HOME TO HIDDEN TREASURE.

LEGEND HAS IT THAT IN 1828,

A DEER HUNTER HERE
TRIPPED OVER A SHINY ROCK

THAT TURNED OUT TO BE
NEARLY PURE GOLD.

A YEAR LATER,
A NEWSPAPER REPORTED

THAT GOLD WAS DISCOVERED
IN HABERSHAM COUNTY

AND PRACTICALLY OVERNIGHT, GIDDY
PROSPECTORS BY THE THOUSANDS

POURED INTO THE REGION
LOOKING TO STRIKE IT RICH.

IT WAS THE NATION'S
FIRST MAJOR GOLD RUSH.

BY 1861, ENOUGH GOLD
WAS DISCOVERED HERE

FOR THE LOCAL FEDERAL MINT
TO PRODUCE

ONE AND A HALF MILLION
GOLD COINS.

MUCH OF THE MINED GOLD
WAS TRANSPORTED

ON THE NEWLY COMPLETED
UNICOI TURNPIKE,

A TOLL ROAD WHICH STRETCHED FROM
THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS

THROUGH THIS SWATH OF
NORTHEAST GEORGIA.

ALONG THIS ROUTE
WAS A GOLD RUSH TOWN

NAMED DAHLONEGA, FROM THE
CHEROKEE WORD FOR YELLOW MONEY.

THE CITY PROSPERED UNTIL 1849,

WHEN NEWS OF CALIFORNIA'S
GOLD RUSH

LURED THE MINERS WEST.

TODAY, DAHLONEGA IS HOME

TO NORTH GEORGIA COLLEGE
AND STATE UNIVERSITY,

BUT THE TOWN DOESN'T SHY AWAY
FROM ITS GOLDEN PAST.

EVERY OCTOBER, VISITORS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD COME HERE

TO CELEBRATE GOLD RUSH DAY,
IN A TOWN CENTER THAT LOOKS LIKE

IT'S RIGHT OUT OF
THE 19th CENTURY.

BUT WHEN IT COMES TO
GEORGIA'S NATURAL RESOURCES,

NONE HAS SHAPED HER HISTORY
AND ECONOMY LIKE THESE CROPS--

WHAT THE LOCALS CALL
WHITE GOLD: COTTON.

COTTONSEED WAS FIRST
PLANTED HERE IN 1785,

THOUGH IT TOOK GROWERS NEARLY
10 YEARS TO MAKE A PROFIT.

BY THE MID 19th CENTURY,

MOST OF GEORGIA'S BOUNTY WAS
BEING SHIPPED 1,000 MILES AWAY

TO FEED THE NORTH'S
PROSPEROUS TEXTILE MILLS,

WHILE THE SOUTH'S ECONOMY
LAGGED FAR BEHIND.

DETERMINED TO RIGHT
THE IMBALANCE,

A CIVIC LEADER PUT FORWARD
AN INNOVATIVE PLAN--

TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL CANAL
ALONGSIDE THE SAVANNAH RIVER

IN AUGUSTA.

IN 1845, THE FIRST SHOVELS
BEGAN DIGGING OUT

AUGUSTA'S RED, RICH CLAY.

AND A FEW YEARS LATER, WATER WAS
COURSING THROUGH THIS CANAL--

WATER THAT SOON POWERED
NEW TEXTILE FACTORIES.

TODAY, THIS APPROXIMATELY
11-MILE-LONG WATERWAY

PRODUCES HYDROELECTRIC POWER.

THE CANAL AND MILLS ARE THE
FIRST NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

IN GEORGIA DESIGNATED BY
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.

BY THE LATE 19th CENTURY,
THANKS TO ITS MILLS,

AUGUSTA WAS BOOMING.

AND IN 1897, BRICKS WERE LAID TO
BUILD THIS CATHOLIC CHURCH.

THREE YEARS LATER,
THIS IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURE

WAS COMPLETE AND
READY FOR WORSHIP.

BUT WITH MORE AND MORE AUGUSTANS
MOVING TO THE SUBURBS

IN THE 20th CENTURY,
THIS GIANT CHURCH

COULDN'T SUSTAIN ITSELF
AND CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1971.

THE BUILDING ENDURED 16 YEARS
OF VANDALISM AND NEGLECT

BEFORE BEING RENOVATED
AND RE-OPENED IN 1987

AS THE SACRED HEART
CULTURAL CENTER.

TODAY, IT'S A VENUE FOR
WEDDINGS, WINE FESTIVALS,

AND CONCERTS.

BUT AUGUSTA, GEORGIA,
MAY BE BEST KNOWN

FOR THE AUGUSTA
NATIONAL GOLF CLUB.

EVERY APRIL,
THE WORLD'S BEST GOLFERS

DESCEND ON THIS
FORMER PLANTATION

TO COMPETE IN
THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT.

AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE CLUB
PROVIDES A WINDOW

INTO A PRISTINE WORLD FEW PEOPLE
EVER SEE IN PERSON.

TICKETS TO THE EVENT ARE AMONG
THE TOUGHEST TO OBTAIN

OF ANY SPORTING EVENT
IN THE COUNTRY.

THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AVAILABLE TO
THE GENERAL PUBLIC SINCE 1972.

GOLF DIGEST RATES AUGUSTA AS
THE BEST COURSE IN AMERICA.

ITS EXCLUSIVE
MEMBERSHIP ROSTER INCLUDES

BILLIONAIRES BILL GATES
AND WARREN BUFFETT,

AMONG OTHER PROMINENT NAMES.

NOTABLY ABSENT FROM THAT LIST
IS A SINGLE FEMALE MEMBER.

WOMEN CAN PLAY HERE AS GUESTS
AND WORK AS CADDIES,

BUT THE OLD BOYS' CLUB
STANDS FIERCELY RESISTANT

TO CHANGING ITS WAYS.

ABOUT 90 MILES SOUTHEAST LIES
A CITY WITH A COLORFUL PAST,

MILLEDGEVILLE.

THE TOWN WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1804
AS THE STATE CAPITAL,

ON LAND ACQUIRED
FROM CREEK INDIANS.

DURING ITS FIRST DECADE,
THIS SCRAGGLY FRONTIER TOWN

WAS KNOWN FOR ITS SEEDY INNS,
BORDELLOS, AND GAMBLING.

BUT SLOWLY,
THINGS BEGAN TO CHANGE.

ONE OF THE CAPITAL'S MOST
IMPORTANT NEW BUILDINGS

WAS THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION.

BUILT IN
THE GREEK REVIVAL STYLE,

THE MANSION WAS
RESTORED IN 2001

AND IS NOW A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK AND A MUSEUM.

MILLEDGEVILLE WAS ALSO
HOME TO ONE OF GEORGIA'S

MOST CELEBRATED AUTHORS:
FLANNERY O'CONNOR.

THE BUDDING AUTHOR HAD MOVED
TO THE NORTHEAST AFTER COLLEGE,

BUT A LUPUS DIAGNOSIS IN 1950
BROUGHT HER BACK TO THIS PLACE--

A 544-ACRE FAMILY FARM
CALLED ANDALUSIA.

IT WAS HERE,
CARED FOR BY HER MOTHER,

THAT SHE COMPLETED HER MOST
FAMOUS NOVELS AND SHORT STORIES,

SUCH AS A GOOD MAN
IS HARD TO FIND,

THAT EXPLORE THE THEME OF
A DECAYING SOUTH.

O'CONNOR SPENT HER FINAL DAYS
DOING WHAT SHE LOVED,

RAISING PEACOCKS AND DRAWING
INSPIRATION FROM THE LANDSCAPE

SURROUNDING ANDALUSIA.

SHE DIED OF LUPUS IN 1964
AT THE AGE OF JUST 39.

A FEW MILES AWAY STANDS
THE OLD STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.

WITH ITS POINTED ARCHED WINDOWS
AND ROOFTOP BATTLEMENTS,

IT'S THE CONSIDERED ONE OF
THE OLDEST PUBLIC BUILDINGS

IN AMERICA BUILT IN
THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE.

BUT IT'S WHAT HAPPENED INSIDE
THAT FOREVER CHANGED

THE COURSE OF HISTORY.

IT WAS HERE IN JANUARY 1861
THAT GEORGIA LAWMAKERS

VOTED 160 TO 130
IN FAVOR OF SECESSION

FROM THE UNITED STATES.

THIS 30-VOTE MAJORITY
WOULD PLUNGE THE STATE

INTO FOUR YEARS OF WAR AND
DEVASTATE MANY OF ITS CITIES.

RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATE

SITS THE CITY OF MACON,

NICKNAMED
"THE HEART OF GEORGIA."

FROM THE AIR
ITS QUAINT NEIGHBORHOODS

OFFER A STUNNING GLIMPSE
OF THE OLD SOUTH.

THERE ARE DOZENS OF HOMES HERE
THAT LOOK JUST AS THEY DID

IN THE LATE 19th CENTURY.

MANY OF THEM WERE BUILT ON
THE SPOILS OF KING COTTON.

BUT MACON'S CROWN JEWEL IS
THE MANSION ON GEORGIA AVENUE

KNOWN AS HAY HOUSE.

THE FOUR-STORY HOME
WITH A CUPOLA ABOVE

WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1855 AND 1859

BY RAILROAD MAGNATE
WILLIAM BUTLER JOHNSON.

HE AND HIS BRIDE HAD FALLEN IN
LOVE WITH ITALIAN ARCHITECTURE

DURING THEIR HONEYMOON
IN EUROPE

AND DECIDED TO BRING
THE ELEGANCE OF THE OLD WORLD

BACK TO GEORGIA.

NOT ONLY WAS THE 24-ROOM,
16,000-SQUARE-FOOT RESIDENCE

MAGNIFICENT TO BEHOLD,

IT WAS ALSO ONE OF THE MOST
INNOVATIVE HOMES OF ITS DAY,

COMPLETE WITH HOT AND COLD
RUNNING WATER

AND CENTRAL HEATING.

NO WONDER HAY HOUSE
EARNED THE NICKNAME,

THE PALACE OF THE SOUTH.

WITHIN JUST TWO YEARS OF
THE COMPLETION OF HAY HOUSE,

THE GLORY DAYS OF THE OLD SOUTH

WERE SUBSUMED BY CANNON FIRE,
BLOODSHED, AND FEAR.

IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA, THE LITTLE
TOWN OF WASHINGTON IS BEST KNOWN

FOR AN UNSOLVED MYSTERY--

THE CASE OF
THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD.

RIGHT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR ENDED,
FEDERAL TROOPS SEIZED

WHAT WAS LEFT OF
THE CONFEDERATE TREASURY.

BUT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF WASHINGTON,

RENEGADES STOLE
THE FORTUNE BACK.

THE STASH, NOW ESTIMATED TO BE
WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS,

HAS NEVER BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.

MANY ARE CONVINCED
IT WAS HIDDEN NEARBY.

IN THE DISTANCE, A GIANT DOME
PUSHES UP FROM THE EARTH.

THIS IS STONE MOUNTAIN--

AN 800-FOOT-TALL
SOLID GRANITE MONOLITH.

IT WAS BORN OVER
300 MILLION YEARS AGO,

AT THE TIME THAT THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS WERE FORMED.

YOU'D HAVE TO WALK FIVE MILES
JUST TO CIRCLE ITS BASE.

A VISITOR CENTER
AND TV/RADIO TRANSMITTER

NOW SIT ATOP STONE MOUNTAIN.

BUT THERE WAS A TIME
WHEN IT WAS A MEETING PLACE

FOR THE KU KLUX KLAN--

ITS PEAK CROWNED
WITH A BURNING CROSS.

TODAY, STONE MOUNTAIN
BEARS OTHER MEMORIES.

IN 1916, THE UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY

GOT PERMISSION
TO OVERSEE THE CARVING

OF A CIVIL WAR MONUMENT HERE.

THE FINISHED WORK COVERS
THREE ACRES OF ROCK FACE

AND TOOK 57 YEARS TO COMPLETE.

IT DEPICTS THREE
CONFEDERATE HEROES--

PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS,
GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE,

AND GENERAL
THOMAS "STONEWALL" JACKSON.

BY THE 1960s,
STONE MOUNTAIN HAD BECOME

SO EMBLEMATIC
OF HATRED AND RACISM,

IT EVEN GOT A MENTION

IN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.'S
FAMOUS "I HAVE A DREAM" SPEECH,

WHEN HE SAID, "LET FREEDOM RING
FROM STONE MOUNTAIN IN GEORGIA."

LESS THAN 20 MILES AWAY STANDS
THE CITY THAT WOULD FEEL

THE CIVIL WAR'S FIERY WRATH
LIKE NO OTHER--ATLANTA.

IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1837
AND NAMED FOR THE RAILROAD

ON WHICH THE CITY WAS BUILT--

ATLANTICA-PACIFICA,
SHORTENED TO ATLANTA.

AND IN 1868, IT BECAME
THE STATE CAPITAL.

THE DESIGN OF
THE GEORGIA STATE HOUSE

FOLLOWED THE SAME
NEOCLASSICAL STYLE

USED FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL
BUILDING IN WASHINGTON,

BUT IT MAINTAINED SOME
DISTINCTLY LOCAL TOUCHES--

INSIDE, 1 1/2 ACRES
OF GEORGIA MARBLE

LINE ITS FLOORS AND HALLWAYS.

AMAZINGLY, THE BUILDING'S
DOME WAS ORIGINALLY ADORNED

WITH 43 OUNCES OF REAL
23-KARAT GEORGIA GOLD,

MINED NOT FAR AWAY
IN LUMPKIN COUNTY.

ON TOP OF THE DOME
IS A 15-FOOT TALL,

2,000-POUND STATUE
KNOWN AS MISS FREEDOM.

JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY,
CENTENNIAL OLYMPIC PARK

WAS CREATED TO BE A TOWN SQUARE
FOR THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS,

BUT IT'S BEST REMEMBERED
AS THE SCENE

OF A DOMESTIC TERRORIST ATTACK.

ONE THE NIGHT OF JULY 27, 1996,

THE LARGEST PIPE BOMB
IN U.S. HISTORY

WAS DETONATED
IN THE MIDST OF A CONCERT,

KILLING ONE PERSON AND
INJURING 111 OTHERS.

CONFESSED BOMBER
ERIC RUDOLPH HAD HOPED

TO FORCE THE CANCELLATION
OF THE GAMES,

BUT ATLANTA WOULD NOT BE
BULLIED, AND THE GAMES WENT ON.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT
THE GLEAMING METROPOLIS

STANDING HERE TODAY WAS
ONCE A WASTELAND.

IN 1864,

AFTER A WEEKS-LONG ARTILLERY
BOMBARDMENT OF THE CITY,

GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

ORDERED ALL CIVILIANS
TO EVACUATE.

HIS TROOPS SET FIRE TO THE CITY.

AND EVERYTHING, EXCEPT FOR
CHURCHES AND HOSPITALS,

BURNED TO THE GROUND.

FROM THE ASHES, ATLANTA
SLOWLY BUT SURELY REBUILT.

HERE, IN THE 1920s, LIVED
A STRUGGLING YOUNG WRITER

INSPIRED BY THE EPIC TALES OF
HER STATE'S WAR-TORN PAST.

IT WAS INSIDE APARTMENT
NUMBER ONE OF THIS BUILDING

THAT MARGARET MITCHELL PENNED

MOST OF THE WILDLY POPULAR NOVEL
GONE WITH THE WIND.

IN HER LATER YEARS,
MITCHELL FREQUENTLY REMARKED

ABOUT HOW MUCH
SHE HATED LIVING HERE.

LITTLE COULD SHE HAVE IMAGINED,

THE APARTMENT SHE REFERRED TO
AS "THE DUMP"

WOULD ONE DAY SERVE AS
THE MARGARET MITCHELL MUSEUM.

BUT WHILE MITCHELL'S OWN
ACCOMMODATIONS WERE HUMBLE,

THOSE OF HER CHARACTERS
WERE NOT.

ACCORDING TO GEORGIA LORE,

THIS PLANTATION HOUSE
IN NEARBY JONESBORO

WAS MARGARET MITCHELL'S
INSPIRATION

FOR TARA, THE ICONIC SETTING
OF GONE WITH THE WIND.

THIS GREEK REVIVAL STYLE
PLANTATION HOUSE

WAS BUILT IN 1839,
AND TRUE TO ITS NAME,

LIES AMIDST A GROVE
OF STATELY OLD OAKS.

ONE CAN'T HELP BUT IMAGINE
SCARLETT O'HARA

TWIRLING ABOUT THE PORCH,
SIPPING LEMONADE.

ATLANTA'S HISTORY, THOUGH, HAS
BEEN ANYTHING BUT STORYBOOK.

A CENTURY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,

THE CITY FELL AGAIN
ON HARD TIMES.

IN THE 1980s, IT WAS THIS
COMPANY'S HEADQUARTERS

THAT CAME TO ATLANTA'S RESCUE.

ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO BE
AN ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX,

THIS 100,000-SQUARE-FOOT
BUILDING WAS BOUGHT IN 1985

BY A SUCCESSFUL GEORGIA AD MAN:
TED TURNER.

HE USED IT TO HOUSE

THE WORLD'S FIRST 24-HOUR
NEWS CHANNEL, CNN.

BY LOCATING HIS COMPANY'S
HEADQUARTERS DOWNTOWN,

TURNER HELPED
REVITALIZE THE CITY.

JUST A MILE FROM THE HEART OF
DOWNTOWN ATLANTA LIES A PLACE

THAT WAS ONCE A WORLD AWAY--

THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF
SWEET AUBURN.

IT WAS HERE ON JANUARY 15, 1929,

IN THE UPSTAIRS ROOM
OF THIS YELLOW HOUSE,

WHERE ONE OF ATLANTA'S
MOST DISTINGUISHED SONS,

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.,
WAS BORN.

HIS FATHER,
MARTIN LUTHER KING, SR.,

WAS AN EARLY LEADER IN
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

AND PASTOR OF NEARBY
EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH.

IT WAS HERE WHERE MARTIN, JR.
WAS BOTH BAPTIZED AND ORDAINED.

AND IT WAS THE SITE OF
HIS FUNERAL IN 1968.

BUT IT'S THE KING CENTER
JUST NEXT DOOR

THAT SERVES AS HIS MEMORIAL.

IN THE MIDST OF
WHAT'S CALLED FREEDOM PLAZA,

SURROUNDED BY A 5-TIER
REFLECTING POOL,

LIES THE BODY OF
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

HIS MARBLE CRYPT BEARS
THE WORDS, "FREE AT LAST,

FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD
ALMIGHTY, I'M FREE AT LAST."

TWO MILES FROM DOWNTOWN,

ON A HILL FROM WHICH
GENERAL SHERMAN MONITORED

THE SIEGE OF ATLANTA,
IS THE CARTER CENTER.

FOUNDED BY
PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER

AND HIS WIFE ROSALYNN IN 1982,

THE CENTER'S MISSION IS
TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS

AND END HUMAN SUFFERING
AROUND THE WORLD.

FOUR OF THE FIVE
INTERCONNECTED PAVILIONS

HOUSE STAFF OFFICES
AND MEETING SPACES.

THE FIFTH IS HOME

TO THE JIMMY CARTER
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.

150 MILES OUTSIDE OF ATLANTA
LIES A WILDER GEORGIA.

MAGNOLIA SPRINGS STATE PARK

IS BEST KNOWN
FOR ITS COOL SPRINGS,

WHICH PRODUCE CLOSE TO 9 MILLION
GALLONS OF WATER A DAY,

AND FOR ITS PRISTINE
28-ACRE LAKE.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE ANY OTHER
UNSPOILED STRETCH

OF GEORGIA WILDERNESS,

BUT DURING THE CIVIL WAR,

IT WAS THE SETTING
OF CAMP LAWTON,

A CONFEDERATE STOCKADE

THAT IMPRISONED ABOUT
10,000 UNION SOLDIERS,

500 OF WHOM DIED IN THE CAMP.

THOUGH NATURE HAS LARGELY ERASED
THE PARK'S WARTIME PAST,

IN THE SUMMER OF 2010,
A TEAM OF ARCHAEOLOGY STUDENTS

DUG UP ABOUT 200 CIVIL WAR
ARTIFACTS FROM HERE.

THE SITE, UNDISTURBED SINCE
THE CAMP'S ABANDONMENT IN 1864,

IS EXPECTED TO YIELD
UNPRECEDENTED INFORMATION

ABOUT THE LIVES OF PRISONERS
AND GUARDS AT THE CAMP.

THE VESTIGES OF AN EVEN LARGER
CONFEDERATE PRISON

LIE ABOUT 130 MILES
SOUTH OF ATLANTA--

THE NOTORIOUS CAMP SUMTER,
BETTER KNOWN AS ANDERSONVILLE.

THIS CLEARING WAS ONCE HOME
TO A 26 1/2-ACRE STOCKADE.

SOME 45,000 PRISONERS
ENTERED ITS GATES

OVER ITS 14-MONTH EXISTENCE.

MANY NEVER MADE IT OUT.

OVERCROWDING, DISEASE,
AND STARVATION

MADE FOR A GRIM EXISTENCE HERE.

SAID ONE UNION SOLDIER,
"AS WE ENTERED THE PLACE,

A SPECTACLE MET OUR EYES

THAT ALMOST FROZE OUR BLOOD
WITH HORROR--

STALWART MEN, NOW NOTHING
BUT MERE WALKING SKELETONS,

COVERED WITH FILTH AND VERMIN."

NO WONDER MANY OF THE PRISONERS
BELIEVED THEY HAD DIED

AND GONE TO HELL.

15-FOOT WALLS LIKE THESE

ONCE SURROUNDED
THE ENTIRE STOCKADE.

MAKESHIFT TENTS AND HUTS
WERE ALL THAT STOOD

BETWEEN THE PRISONERS
AND THE ELEMENTS.

GUARDS WERE PERCHED IN TOWERS
ALONG THE FENCE LINE.

ANYONE GETTING WITHIN THREE FEET
OF THE WALL WAS SHOT DEAD.

ALL TOLD, 13,000 SOULS PERISHED
IN THE HELLHOLE

THAT WAS ANDERSONVILLE.

THEIR NAKED BODIES WERE
CARTED OFF IN WAGONS,

BURIED SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
IN THREE-FOOT-DEEP TRENCHES.

SO CRUEL AND INHUMANE WAS
THE TREATMENT AT ANDERSONVILLE

THAT AFTER THE WAR,
THE PRISON COMMANDANT

WAS CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES
AND HANGED.

AFTER THE CAMP CLOSED,

CLARA BARTON LED
A DETACHMENT HERE

TO IDENTIFY AND MARK
THE GRAVES OF THE UNION DEAD.

ON AUGUST 17, 1865,
SHE RAISED THE STARS AND STRIPES

OVER THE CEMETERY
FOR THE FIRST TIME.

SINCE THE CIVIL WAR,

6,000 MORE VETERANS HAVE
BEEN BURIED HERE,

INCLUDING ACTIVE DUTY SERVICEMEN
KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

THERE'S A SLICE OF
THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST

TUCKED INTO SOUTHWEST GEORGIA.

IT'S CALLED PROVIDENCE CANYON.

SEEING THIS NATURAL WONDER
FROM THE AIR

OFFERS A CHANCE TO GLIMPSE
16 DISTINCT GORGES,

SOME PLUNGING TO DEPTHS
OF MORE THAN 100 FEET.

GEORGIANS CALL THIS PLACE
"LITTLE GRAND CANYON,"

BUT THESE MASSIVE GULLIES

AREN'T THE WORK OF
MOTHER NATURE ALONE.

THE PRIMARY SCULPTOR
IS RAINWATER RUNOFF

FROM POOR FARMING PRACTICES
IN THE 1800s.

BUT WHAT BEAUTY THAT
EROSION HAS REVEALED.

WITHIN PROVIDENCE CANYON,
SEVERAL MILLION YEARS

OF GEORGIA'S GEOLOGICAL RECORD
STAND EXPOSED--

THE SANDS OF TIME,
IN 43 DISTINCT COLORS.

35 MILES NORTH LIES
FORT BENNING,

HOME OF THE U.S. ARMY
INFANTRY SCHOOL,

NAMED FOR CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER
GENERAL HENRY BENNING,

A NATIVE OF THE AREA.

IT WAS BUILT DURING WORLD WAR I,
WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE

OF PRODUCING THE WORLD'S
FINEST COMBAT INFANTRYMEN.

FORT BENNING HAS TURNED OUT SUCH
DISTINGUISHED MILITARY LEADERS

AS OMAR BRADLEY,
DWIGHT EISENHOWER,

GEORGE PATTON, AND COLIN POWELL.

THE 287-SQUARE-MILE BASE
ALSO OPERATES

AN AIRBORNE SCHOOL
FOR PARATROOPERS,

A RANGER SCHOOL FOR
ELITE SKILLS AND TACTICS,

AND A PROGRAM THAT
TEACHES SOLDIERS

HOW TO OPERATE M-2 BRADLEY
FIGHTING VEHICLES IN COMBAT.

ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH, OUTSIDE
THE TOWN OF WARM SPRINGS,

IS A MUCH MORE PEACEFUL PLACE--

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT'S
LITTLE WHITE HOUSE.

STRICKEN WITH POLIO,
FDR FIRST CAME HERE IN 1924

AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE SPRINGS'
RESTORATIVE POWERS.

HE DIDN'T FIND A CURE, BUT HE
DID FALL IN LOVE WITH THE TOWN

AND PURCHASED 1,200 ACRES
HERE IN 1926,

WHERE HE BUILT
A POLIO TREATMENT CENTER.

THIS SIX-ROOM STRUCTURE
WAS BUILT IN 1932,

A YEAR BEFORE ROOSEVELT
WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.

IT OFTEN SERVED AS
A PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT.

ON APRIL 12, 1945, ROOSEVELT WAS
INSIDE SITTING FOR A PORTRAIT

WHEN HE SUDDENLY
GRABBED HIS HEAD,

COMPLAINING OF A SHARP PAIN.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, AMERICA'S
LONGEST-SERVING PRESIDENT

WOULD BE DEAD OF
A MASSIVE CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE.

ROOSEVELT'S LEGACY LIVES ON

IN A NATIONAL PARK
THAT BEARS HIS NAME.

AFTER BATHING IN
THE WARM SPRINGS NEARBY,

HE USED TO COME TO
THIS PARK FOR PICNICS.

WITH 9,000 ACRES OF
PROTECTED WILDERNESS,

THE F.D. ROOSEVELT STATE PARK

IS THE LARGEST STATE PARK
IN GEORGIA.

TO THE SOUTH, IN SUMMERVILLE,

IS A VERY DIFFERENT
KIND OF PARK.

THIS IS PARADISE GARDENS,
THE LEGACY OF BAPTIST MINISTER

AND SELF-TAUGHT ARTIST
HOWARD FINSTER.

IN 1961, FINSTER CLAIMED
TO HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD

COMMANDING HIM
TO CREATE SACRED ART,

AND THE REVEREND OBEYED.

HE USED FOUND MATERIALS
LIKE BOTTLE CAPS,

RUSTY BICYCLE PARTS,
AND OLD JEWELRY

TO CONSTRUCT THOUSANDS
OF UNUSUAL WORKS OF ART.

MANY CONSIDER THIS HANDCRAFTED,
5-STORY BUILDING

TO BE HIS MASTERPIECE.

BUILT AROUND
A PRE-EXISTING CHURCH,

IT'S KNOWN AS
THE WORLD'S FOLK ART CHAPEL.

PARADISE GARDENS
MAY LOOK FAMILIAR

TO FANS OF THE BAND R.E.M.

IT WAS FEATURED IN THE VIDEO FOR
THEIR SONG RADIO FREE EUROPE,

AND FINSTER THEN WENT ON TO
PAINT THEIR NEXT ALBUM COVER.

R.E.M. WAS JUST ONE OF
THE GROUPS THAT EMERGED

FROM THE MUSIC SCENE IN THIS
COLLEGE TOWN--ATHENS.

THE B-52s, PYLON,
AND INDIGO GIRLS

ALSO GOT THEIR START HERE.

SO DID ACTRESS KIM BASINGER AND
FOOTBALL LEGEND FRAN TARKENTON.

NOW THE FIFTH LARGEST
CITY IN GEORGIA,

ATHENS GREW UP AROUND
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA.

OPENED IN 1801,
IT WAS THE NATION'S FIRST

CHARTERED STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE SCHOOL'S FOOTBALL TEAM
PLAYS ITS HOME GAMES HERE,

AT SANFORD STADIUM.

ORIGINALLY BUILT IN
THE LATE 1920s BY CONVICT LABOR,

IT HAS SINCE EXPANDED
FROM 30,000

TO MORE THAN 90,000 SEATS.

FROM THE AIR, YOU CAN SEE
THE FAMOUS HEDGES

THAT HAVE ENCIRCLED THE FIELD
EVER SINCE ITS OPENING GAME--

GEORGIA BULLDOGS VERSUS
YALE BULLDOGS, 1929.

IT WAS THE YALE FOOTBALL TEAM'S
FIRST VISIT TO THE SOUTH.

BUT AFTER THE BULLDOGS
HAD BATTLED,

YALE WENT HOME DEFEATED,
15 TO NOTHING.

IT'S ABOUT 100 MILES
FROM ATHENS TO ROME,

AT LEAST IN GEORGIA.

HERE, IN FRONT OF CITY HALL,
STANDS A PERMANENT REMINDER

OF THE BOND BETWEEN
OLD ROME AND NEW ROME--

A BRONZE REPLICA OF
ITALY'S FAMED SCULPTURE

OF ROMULUS AND REMUS.

DURING WORLD WAR II, BECAUSE OF
ITALY'S TIES TO NAZI GERMANY,

THE SCULPTURE WAS REMOVED AND
REPLACED BY AN AMERICAN FLAG.

IT WAS RETURNED TO
THIS SPOT IN 1952.

ROME PRIDES ITSELF ON
ITS HISTORIC MAIN STREET.

REBUILT AFTER THE CIVIL WAR,

THIS REVITALIZED NEIGHBORHOOD

IS ONE OF THE BEST-PRESERVED
VICTORIAN CITY CENTERS

IN ALL OF THE SOUTH.

SEEING GEORGIA FROM THE SKY,
YOU QUICKLY COME TO REALIZE

HOW BEAUTIFUL, WILD,
AND DIVERSE THIS STATE IS.

FROM A TIMBER TOWN TURNED
BAVARIAN VILLAGE IN HELEN,

TO A GLOBAL VILLAGE

AT HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
IN AMERICUS.

BUT ONE THING THAT'S LONG
HELD GEORGIA TOGETHER

IS ITS RAILROADS.

SINCE THE TRAINS
FIRST RAN IN THE 1830s,

MORE THAN 100 RAILWAYS
HAVE OPERATED HERE--

LIKE THE HOOK AND EYE LINE,
THE IRON BELT RAILROAD,

AND THE VIDALIA ROUTE.

DURING THE CIVIL WAR,
THE RAILROADS PROVIDED

A CRITICAL NETWORK FOR
CONFEDERATE TROOPS AND WEAPONS.

AS GENERAL SHERMAN
BEGAN HIS FATEFUL MARCH

FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH,

HE SET HIS SIGHTS
ON THE RAILWAYS,

HUNDREDS OF MILES WORTH.

THE MELTED, TWISTED TRACKS
HE LEFT BEHIND

BECAME KNOWN AS
SHERMAN'S NECKTIES.

THIS HEARTH IS ALL THAT REMAINS
OF A HOME HIS TROOPS BURNED--

ALL PART OF AN EFFORT
TO DESTROY SOUTHERN MORALE

AND FORCE A SURRENDER.

"I WANT TO MAKE GEORGIA HOWL,"
HE SAID--AND HE SUCCEEDED.

A MONTH INTO SHERMAN'S MARCH,

HIS TROOPS WERE
NEARING SAVANNAH,

BUT THEY WERE IN DESPERATE
NEED OF SUPPLIES.

THE OGEECHEE RIVER COULD PROVIDE

A PERFECT DELIVERY ROUTE
FOR OFFSHORE UNION SHIPS.

BUT THE OGEECHEE WAS
UNDER THE PROTECTION

OF AN EARTHEN-WALLED
CONFEDERATE STRONGHOLD

CALLED FORT McALLISTER.

DURING THE WAR,
THE FORT HAD REPELLED

SEVEN ATTACKS FROM THE SEA,

BUT IT WAS VIRTUALLY HELPLESS
AGAINST A STRONG LAND ATTACK.

ON DECEMBER 13, 1864,
A DIVISION OF UNION SOLDIERS

LAID SIEGE TO THE FORT.

JUST 15 MINUTES LATER,
THEY DECLARED VICTORY.

UNION SHIPS WERE NOW ABLE TO
RENDEZVOUS WITH SHERMAN'S ARMY

AND PROVIDE THEM WITH
THE SUPPLIES THEY NEEDED

TO STAGE THEIR
ATTACK ON SAVANNAH.

BEFORE SHERMAN'S MEN
EVEN ENTERED THE CITY,

THE OPPOSING CONFEDERATE GENERAL
TURNED TAIL AND DISAPPEARED.

THE NEXT MORNING,

SAVANNAH'S MAYOR OFFERED
A FORMAL SURRENDER.

TODAY, SAVANNAH IS A BUSTLING
INDUSTRIAL CENTER

AND THE LARGEST PORT IN GEORGIA.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT
DRAWS TOURISTS HERE.

THEY COME HERE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD

TO EXPERIENCE SOUTHERN CHARM,
RICH CULTURAL HISTORY,

AND, IN THIS CASE,
A SPOOKY CONNECTION TO THE PAST.

SAVANNAH'S BONAVENTURE CEMETERY
IS THE TITLE CHARACTER

IN AUTHOR JOHN BERENDT'S
BEST-SELLING NOVEL,

MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN
OF GOOD AND EVIL,

WITH THE CEMETERY FEATURED
HEAVILY IN THE PLOT.

THE BIRD GIRL SCULPTURE THAT
GRACES THE BOOK'S COVER

WAS REMOVED FROM HERE
SHORTLY AFTER PUBLICATION

AND DONATED TO A LOCAL MUSEUM
TO KEEP IT SAFE FROM TOURISTS.

BUT OTHER GHOSTLY FIGURES
CAN STILL BE GLIMPSED

BETWEEN THE MOURNFUL TREES,
DRAPED IN SPANISH MOSS.

AMONG THE NOTEWORTHY
RESIDENTS HERE

ARE SONGWRITER JOHNNY MERCER,
WRITER CONRAD AIKEN,

AND 6-YEAR-OLD GRACIE WATSON,
A SAVANNAH GIRL

WHO DIED OF PNEUMONIA JUST
BEFORE EASTER SUNDAY 1889.

ONE NEW ORLEANS MINISTER
WROTE TO HIS WIFE,

"BONAVENTURE CEMETERY IS
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO DIE."

HE THEN TRAVELED STRAIGHT HERE
AND COMMITTED SUICIDE.

MANY GHOST HUNTERS CLAIM THAT
THIS IS THE MOST HAUNTED

CEMETERY IN THE UNITED STATES.

IF ONLY THE SPIRITS COULD TALK,
WHAT TALES THEY WOULD TELL

OF 200 DRAMATIC YEARS
IN GEORGIA HISTORY.

GEORGIA'S 100-MILE-LONG
COASTLINE

IS ONE OF AMERICA'S
GREAT NATURAL TREASURES--

THE LONGEST UNBROKEN STRETCH OF

WILD ATLANTIC BEACHFRONT AND
MARSH ON THE EAST COAST.

AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY
TO TAKE IN ITS RUGGED BEAUTY

THAN FROM THE AIR.

13 BARRIER ISLANDS,
NICKNAMED THE GOLDEN ISLES,

LINE THE COAST,
SEPARATED FROM THE MAINLAND

BY DEEP TIDAL INLETS.

SOARING OVER THESE ISLANDS

IS A JOURNEY INTO
GEORGIA'S COLONIAL PAST.

AT THEIR NORTHERNMOST POINT

A 150-YEAR-OLD LIGHTHOUSE
GUARDS COCKSPUR ISLAND.

THE COAST PROBABLY LOOKS
MUCH THE SAME AS IT DID

WHEN ENGLISH CHAPLAIN
JOHN WESLEY,

ONE OF THE FOUNDERS
OF METHODISM,

FIRST ARRIVED HERE IN 1736,
ON HIS WAY TO SAVANNAH.

LONG AFTER WESLEY SAILED AWAY,
THE ISLAND BECAME HOME

TO FORT PULASKI,
BUILT BETWEEN 1829 AND 1847

TO PROTECT THE EASTERN SEABOARD.

THE MOAT SURROUNDING THE FORT IS
BETWEEN 30 AND 48 FEET WIDE

WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 8 FEET.

TODAY, TURTLES AND ALLIGATORS
MAKE THEIR HOME

JUST BENEATH THE SURFACE.

WHEN THIS OUTPOST WAS BUILT,
BRICK FORTS WERE CONSIDERED

THE BEST FORM OF DEFENSE
IN THE WORLD.

BUT THAT WOULD CHANGE
DURING THE CIVIL WAR.

ON APRIL 10, 1862, UNION TROOPS
LAUNCHED THEIR ATTACK

ON FORT PULASKI WITH A BRAND NEW
TECHNOLOGY: THE RIFLED CANNON.

ABLE TO FIRE LONGER DISTANCES
WITH GREATER ACCURACY,

THIS WEAPONRY COMPLETELY
DOMINATED THE FORT

IN A MATTER OF 30 HOURS.

THE DAMAGE IS STILL VISIBLE.

NOT WANTING TO EXPOSE THE
GARRISON TO FURTHER DESTRUCTION,

CONFEDERATE GENERAL
CHARLES OLMSTEAD SURRENDERED.

NO ONE WOULD EVER
BUILD A BRICK FORT AGAIN.

NONE OF GEORGIA'S
BARRIER ISLANDS

HAS A MORE FASCINATING HISTORY
THAN THIS ONE--

A MORE THAN 5,000-ACRE
WILDLIFE REFUGE

NAMED FOR THE WORLD'S MOST
NOTORIOUS BUCCANEER.

THIS IS BLACKBEARD ISLAND.

BLACKBEARD WAS KNOWN
TO PLUNDER MERCHANT SHIPS

OFF THE GEORGIA COAST
IN THE EARLY 18th CENTURY.

LEGEND HAS IT, HE AND HIS MEN
CAME TO THIS ISLAND

TO STASH THEIR LOOT AND
HIDE OUT BETWEEN RAIDS.

BLACKBEARD'S CAREER CAME
TO A GRISLY END IN 1718,

WHEN HE DIED IN A BLOODY BATTLE
IN NORTH CAROLINA.

IT'S SAID HIS HEADLESS GHOST
STILL WALKS THIS ISLAND,

GUARDING HIS BURIED TREASURE.

IN 1800, THE U.S. NAVY
PURCHASED BLACKBEARD ISLAND

AS A SOURCE OF LUMBER
FOR SHIPBUILDING.

THEN, IN 1880, IT BECAME
A QUARANTINE STATION

TO MONITOR INCOMING SAILORS
FOR YELLOW FEVER.

A FEW YEARS EARLIER,
THIS MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE

HAD REACHED
EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS,

KILLING 1,000 PEOPLE
IN SAVANNAH ALONE.

THE ISLAND IS NOW
A NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE,

PROVIDING SAFE HAVEN
FOR MIGRATORY BIRDS

AND ENDANGERED
LOGGERHEAD SEA TURTLES.

SOME 10 MILES AWAY

IS THE MOST REMOTE AND DESOLATE
OF GEORGIA'S COASTAL JEWELS--

LITTLE ST. SIMON'S ISLAND.

IT'S LUCKY TO HAVE SURVIVED
IN SUCH PRISTINE CONDITION.

IN 1908, NEW YORK'S
EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY

PURCHASED THIS
10,000-ACRE ISLAND

WITH THE INTENTION OF HARVESTING
ITS VAST RED CEDAR FORESTS.

BUT AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT,
THE WOOD HERE WAS TOO DAMAGED

BY SALT AND WIND
FOR PENCIL MAKING.

BY THE TIME EAGLE WAS READY
TO CALL IT QUITS,

THE COMPANY'S OWNER HAD FALLEN
IN LOVE WITH THIS PLACE

AND BOUGHT IT FOR HIMSELF.

THE ISLAND REMAINS
IN HIS FAMILY,

UNDEVELOPED AND ACCESSIBLE
ONLY BY BOAT.

TO HELP PROTECT ITS UNSPOILED
WILDLIFE HABITATS,

ONLY 32 VISITORS ARE ALLOWED
ON LITTLE ST. SIMON'S

AT ANY ONE TIME.

JEKYLL ISLAND, ON THE OTHER
HAND, IS A TOURIST PARADISE,

ITS COASTS LINED
WITH VACATION HOMES.

THE ISLAND WAS FIRST DEVELOPED
IN THE LATE 1800s

AS A WINTER RESORT FOR
NORTHERN BUSINESSMEN,

LIKE J.P. MORGAN,
JOSEPH PULITZER,

AND WILLIAM VANDERBILT, WHO
BUILT ELABORATE ESTATES HERE.

THEY WERE AMONG
THE CHARTER MEMBERS

OF THE JEKYLL ISLAND CLUB,
DESCRIBED AS "THE RICHEST,

THE MOST EXCLUSIVE, THE MOST
INACCESSIBLE CLUB IN THE WORLD."

TODAY, THE CLUBHOUSE
HAS BEEN RENOVATED

INTO A LUXURIOUS HOTEL.

THE BUILDING IS STEEPED IN
THE GRANDEUR OF THE GILDED AGE,

AND THE GROUNDS ARE HOME

TO A TOURNAMENT-LEVEL
CROQUET GREEN.

THE LARGEST JEWEL IN
GEORGIA'S COASTAL NECKLACE

IS CUMBERLAND ISLAND, KNOWN FOR
ITS PRISTINE MARITIME FORESTS,

LUSH MARSHES, AND
UNDEVELOPED BEACHES.

SPANISH EXPLORERS FIRST
ARRIVED HERE IN 1566,

NAMING THE ISLAND SAN PEDRO.

OVER THE NEXT 100 YEARS, THEY
BUILT FORTS AND MISSIONS HERE.

BUT BY THE TIME ENGLISH GENERAL
JAMES OGLETHORPE ARRIVED

IN 1736, THE SPANIARDS
WERE GONE.

IN 1955, THE NATIONAL PARK
SERVICE NAMED THE ISLAND

ONE OF THE BEST COASTAL
RECREATION AREAS IN THE COUNTRY.

BUT WHILE MUCH OF THE ISLAND'S
UNTOUCHED COASTLINE

LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
FROM ANOTHER WORLD,

LIFELESS IT IS NOT.

LEGEND HAS IT THAT WILD PONIES
LIKE THESE HAVE BEEN HERE

AS FAR BACK AS THE 16th CENTURY,

THE LEGACY OF ITS EARLIEST
SPANISH SETTLERS.

LOOK FROM ABOVE, AND YOU CAN
ALSO SEE A HUMAN FOOTPRINT,

OR AT LEAST THE REMAINS OF ONE.

DUNGENESS MANSION WAS
BUILT BY THOMAS CARNEGIE

AS A WINTER RETREAT FOR
HIS WIFE AND NINE CHILDREN.

IN ITS HEYDAY,

THIS SCOTTISH-STYLE CASTLE
WAS THE HEIGHT OF EXCESS,

BOASTING 59 ROOMS,
SWIMMING POOLS, A GOLF COURSE,

AND A STAFF OF 200 SERVANTS.

THE CARNEGIES LEFT THE ISLAND
AFTER THE GREAT DEPRESSION

AND IN 1959, A SUSPICIOUS FIRE

TURNED THE ONCE GLORIOUS MANSION
INTO RUBBLE.

ABOUT 50 MILES INLAND
FROM THE GEORGIA COAST,

WATER MEETS EARTH
IN A DRAMATIC DANCE.

THIS IS
THE 402,000-ACRE SWAMPLAND

KNOWN AS THE OKEFENOKEE--
A NATIVE AMERICAN TERM

MEANING "THE LAND
OF THE TREMBLING EARTH."

SURE ENOUGH, SOFT PEAT DEPOSITS,
SOME UP TO 15 FEET DEEP,

COVER THE REGION.

JUMP UP AND DOWN IN SOME PLACES
AND THE TREES AROUND YOU SHAKE.

IT'S THE LARGEST INTACT
WETLAND SWAMP IN NORTH AMERICA.

FOR DECADES, INDUSTRY EXPLOITED
THE SWAMP'S RESOURCES,

PLUNDERING ITS FORESTS
FOR LUMBER.

BUT IN 1936,
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT STEPPED IN

TO PROTECT THIS WONDROUS PLACE
AND ITS WILDLIFE.

TODAY, THE OKEFENOKEE IS
THE EPITOME OF WILD GEORGIA

AND A CELEBRATION OF NATURE'S
VICTORY OVER HUMAN GREED.

FROM ITS WILD SWAMPS,
TO ITS HIGHEST PEAKS,

DOWN ITS FREE-SPIRITED COAST,

GEORGIA IS A STATE AS
RICH IN NATURAL WONDERS

AS IT IS IN ITS SPAN OF HISTORY.

FROM THE SITE OF
AN ANCIENT MYSTERY,

TO KEY BATTLEFIELDS OF
THE CIVIL WAR,

TO CITIES AND TOWNS
DECIMATED BY CONFLICT

AND ECONOMIC HARD TIMES.

THROUGH IT ALL,
GEORGIA HAS PERSEVERED,

PRODUCING GREAT WRITERS,
A PRESIDENT,

AND ONE OF THE GREATEST
CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS

THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.

IT'S EASY TO SEE WHY GEORGIA
HAS EARNED THE TITLE

"THE EMPIRE STATE OF THE SOUTH."