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Augusta (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 33 28 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 33.4667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 082 01 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -82.0167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located in E Georgia on Savannah river; saw much fighting in Revolutionary War; Georgia ratified US Constitution here 1788; site of largest Confederate gunpowder factory in Civil War, the chimney of which still stands as a war memorial. |
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| Augusta (preferred,C,V)
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............ | named for Princess Augusta, mother of King George III of England |
| Fort Augusta (H,V)
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Augusta (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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explored by Hernando de Soto in 1540; fortified fur-trading post established by Georgia founder James Oglethorpe in 1735 |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| city (C) |
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incorporated in 1798 |
| county seat (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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for Medical College of Georgia (founded as Medical Academy in 1828), Paine College & Augusta College |
| industrial center (C) |
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for firebrick & for gunpowder during Civil War |
| inland port (C) |
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for barge traffic |
| manufacturing center (C) |
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for lumber, textiles, cotton & cottonseed products, fertilizer & other diverse products |
| power production center (C) |
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for electricity produced by dams which also control water level in port |
| state capital (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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for well-preserved Classic Revival & Georgian buildings, & for National Golf Club which hosts annual Masters Tournament |
| trade center (C) |
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especially for cotton |
| capital (H) |
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of state several times during Revolutionary War & from 1786-1795 |
| fortified settlement (H) |
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| fur station (H) |
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| mill center (H) |
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