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I am just back from a train trip(S.A.M. Shortline) to Savannah Ga. Unfortunately the weather was awful so our tour of the historical district was not what I would have liked.One interesting fact on the tour was that James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia's founder, was only 4' 11" tall and the Yamacraw chieftain,Tomochichi, was 7' tall. They must have been the original "Odd Couple". Supposedly Tomochichi was fascinated by Ogletorpe's flaming red hair. Apparently they were best of friends since Tomochichi accompinied Oglethorpe back to England to meet the King.The S.A.M. Shortline RR is state supported and normally runs weekly from Cordele Ga to Plains and Archery because of Pres Carter. The Savannah excursion is once a year.
I visited the historical district in Savanah some years ago, down on the waterfront. What a beautiful city! I'm glad Sherman spared it.
I have heard that as well – that Savannah is a beautiful city. I've never been to Georgia aside from the Atlanta airport (does that count? 😀 ).
Atlanta DOES NOT count ! Please don't judge the rest of us by Atlanta. I will drive 100 miles to avoid Atlanta. It is inhabited by rude people who are totally different from the rest of the state.
Every state has a city the residents are terrified the rest of the country are going to judge them by. Ours is Portland.
That is an interesting comment… being from CA I'm sure we haven't got only one; depending on what frightens you we've got a veritable sm?rg?sbord :-D.Cheers,Wally
I'm originally from California myself, Redding which is northern CA. And we just lumped all of Southern Cal in one basket, I remember when they voted to split the state in half.
Chico here… yes, while SoCal is the land of extremes in many ways my hometown rivals it… illegal to process much less detonate a thermonuclear device (at least w/in the city limits) 😐Oh well... then stuff would glow in the dark; not cool, eh?Cheers,Wally in Chico (where the nuts come from)
Well in Kentucky there is Louisville and then there is the rest of the state and never the twixt can meet. 😀
