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| Georgia Facts |
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The locomotive engine popularly known as The General is housed in the Big Shanty Museum in Kennesaw, Georgia. It was stolen in the Andrews Railroad Raid in 1862 and later depicted in The Great Locomotive Chase, a popular movie. |
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The name of the famous south Georgia swamp, the Okefenokee, is derived from an Indian word meaning the trembling earth. |
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In 1828 Auraria, Georgia, near the city of Dahlongea, was the site of the first Gold Rush in America. |
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