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FACTS ABOUT GEORGIA
justice to foes, gentleness of manner, chivalric devotion to wo
mankind, hospitality to strangers and broad charity, are as com
monly found among the piney wood or mountain-side cabins of
the poorer whites, as in the home of affluence and refinement.
After the Revolution, and the departure of the British sol
diers, many of whom did not depart at all, by the way, but re
mained and cast their lot in Georgia or the wilds further west
came many new settlers. The north of Ireland contributed of
its best families. From England and Scotland came more of that
desirable strain that already predominated here. New England©s
sons and daughters came, and New York and Pennsylvania and
New Jersey people came, and many stayed. From Virginia and
the Carolinas hosts of the same staunch stock migrated to Geor
gia©s blossoming hills and plains. Soon the Empire State of the
South became first of all states in agricultural, commercial and
educational progress.
Georgia©s development after the Revolution was bifocal. The
colonial families whose activities had centered at Savannah, to
gether with the new accessions from the old country, occupied the
southern portion of the State, while the settlement of North
Georgia radiated from Wilkes county. These people were mainly
from the colonies to the northeast, and had followed the eastern
foothills of the Appalachian Mountains from old Virginia.
Settlement of the State northward and westward began to
crowd the native Creeks and Cherokees into the hill country, and
rapid expansion brought serious problems in statesmanship. Bit
ter fueds arose in .politics. Hot blood ran in many veins, and
needed to be let to cool by sword thrust or bullet puncture. The
Embowered in its trees
and flowers, Savannah
is busy and prosperous
The whole city speaks
the word "welcome."