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Historic Savannah, Georgia is a city located in (and the county seat of) Chatham County, Georgia (USA). The city's population was 128,500 in 2005, the most recent U.S. Census estimate. Before 1970, Savannah was the second-largest city in Georgia. Today it is ranked fourth in population. The Savannah Metropolitan Statistical Area, defined by the U.S. Census Bureau, has a population of 313,883 (2005 estimate), and includes three Georgia counties: Bryan, Chatham, and Effingham. Savannah's metropolitan population is ranked third among Georgia cities.

Savannah is located at latitude 32°03'03" North, longitude 81°06'14" West. Savannah was the first colonial and state capital of Georgia. It is also the primary port on the Savannah River and is located along the U.S. Intracoastal Waterway.

Savannah's architecture and history are internationally known, as is its reputation for Southern charm and hospitality. The city prides itself as the "Hostess City of the South." Each year, Savannah attracts millions of visitors from across the country and around the world. Savannah houses the nation's most valuable living collection of 18th and 19th century architecture. Founded by General James Oglethorpe in 1733, Georgia's colonial capital now encompasses six Historic Neighborhoods and each Spring Savannahians open their doors to visitors during the Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens. Savannah's downtown area is the largest National Historic Landmark District in the United States. Savannah is also noted for its St. Patrick's Day celebration, the second largest in the United States behind New York City.

Savannah is served by Savannah-Hilton Head International Airport, near Interstate 95. The city is the home of four colleges and universities offering bachelor's, master's and professional doctorate degree programs: Savannah College of Art and Design, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah State University, and South University. Bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. programs in engineering are offered through the Savannah campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology . In addition, South University offers doctorate degrees of pharmacy. As of 2006, the mayor of Savannah is Otis Johnson. Residents of Savannah are known as Savannahians.

History

The Yamacraws, a Native American tribe, were the first people to settle in and around Savannah. In the 18th century AD under their leader Tomochici, they met the newly arriving European settlers. In November 1732, the ship Anne sailed from Britain carrying 114 colonists, including General James Oglethorpe. On February 12, 1733, Oglethorpe and his settlers landed at Yamacraw Bluff and, in an example of some of the earliest "Southern hospitality", were greeted by Tomochici, the Yamacraws, and John and Mary Musgrove, Indian traders. (Mary Musgrove often served as a translator.) The city of Savannah was founded on that date, along with the colony of Georgia. Because of the friendship between Oglethorpe and Tomochici, Savannah was able to flourish unhindered by the warfare that marked the beginnings of many early American colonies. According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary (with etymologies), the name "Savannah" means "Shawnee"; it derives from a Muskoghean Indian word—a variant of Sawanoki, the native name of the Shawnees. Georgia colonists adopted this name for the Savannah River and then for the city.

Economy

River Street shops and restaurants

Like most cities, agriculture was the background of Savannah's economy in its first two centuries. Silk and indigo production, both in demand in England, were early export commodities; by 1767 almost a ton of silk was exported annually to England.

The Savannah region's mild climate offered perfect conditions for growing cotton, which became the dominant commodity after the American Revolution. Its production (under the plantation system) helped the city's European immigrants to achieve wealth and prosperity.

The port of Savannah was one of the most frequented in the United States and Savannah's inhabitants had the opportunity to consume the world's finest goods, imported by foreign merchants. Savannah grew to be one of the richest cities in the United States. Cotton was exported to places all over the world. Savannah's port has always been a mainstay of the city's economy. In the early years of U.S. history, goods produced in the New World had to pass through ports such as Savannah's before they could be shipped to England.

For years, Savannah was the home of Union Camp, which housed the world's largest paper mill. The plant is now owned by International Paper, and it remains one of Savannah's largest employers. Savannah is also home to the famous Gulfstream Aerospace company, maker of private jets, as well as various other large industrial interests such as Great Dane Trailers.

Some FamousPeople from Savannah

• Conrad Aiken, (1889-1973), poet

• Big Boi, rapper from the group OutKast

• Camoflauge, (1981-2004), rapper

• Charles Coburn, (1877-1961), actor

• Young Smerrf, (1992), rapper

• Col.William,Alexander Marcus,William Marcus,Alexander(Sr.,Jr. & III)Barbee, (1748-Present), Family owners of Barbee's Pavilion on the Isle of Hope

• Bucky Dent, (b.1951), nemesis of 1978 Red Sox season

• Al Jaffee, (b. 1921), writer and artist for Mad Magazine

• Stacy Keach, (b. 1941), actor

• J. Curtis Lewis, Jr., [3] (1926-2005), businessman, philanthropist, former Mayor

• Juliette Gordon Low, (1860-1927), founder of Girl Scouts of the USA

• Johnny Mercer, (1909-1976), songwriter

• James Moody, (b.1925), jazz musician (saxophone, flute), composer, actor

• Ward Morehouse, (1899 - 1966), theater critic and newspaper columnist

• Bobby Norfleet - NASCAR driver

• Flannery O'Connor, (1925-1964), writer

• Kenny Rogers, (b.1964), baseball player

• Billy Joe Royal, 1960s singer

• Diana Scarwid, (b. 1955), actor

• Al Seeger, boxing - superbantam weight IBA world title holder

• Moxley Sorrel, (1838-1901), youngest General in the Confederate Army

• Clarence Thomas, (b. 1948), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

• James Moore Wayne, (1790-1867), Congressman and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

• The Lady Chablis, (b.1957), entertainer

• Tommy Kiene World Bantam Weight Boxing Champion

• Mammy Lou, worlds oldest actress

Savannah in literature

The 1994 non-fiction novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (known to locals as "The Book") is set in Savannah, and in 1997 was made into a film, directed by Clint Eastwood.

Savannah resident N.Y.W. Peacocke has completed two books of a trilogy that deal with the war of independence in Georgia, and particularly Savannah. Savannah Spell (ISBN 1-898030-51-0) and Mirror My Soul (ISBN 1-898030-61-8) weave a love triangle around the events of the Revolution in Georgia and Carolina.

E.L. Doctorow's historical novel, The March (ISBN 0-357-50671-3), is about Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's 1864 scorched-earth campaign in which he marched 60,000 troops eastward from Atlanta to Savannah and into the Carolinas during the American Civil War (1861-65).

Chris Fuhrman authored the book The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, which depicted his life as a Catholic schoolboy growing up in Savannah and attending a local parochial school. Fuhrman actually attended Blessed Sacrament School in Savannah and graduated in 1974. He was also a graduate of the University of Georgia in Athens, where his book was published. Fuhrman died in 1990 of cancer at the age of 30.

Fifth-generation Savannahian Murray Silver is the author of "Great Balls of Fire: The Uncensored Story of Jerry Lee Lewis" (Morrow 1981), adapted to the big screen by Orion in 1989 (Dennis Quaid, Winona Ryder). Silver is also the author of the bestselling "Behind the Moss Curtain and Other Great Savannah Stories," (Bonaventure, 2002)now in its sixth printing and the subject of his next motion picture. His latest book, "When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama" (Bonaventure 2005) is the author's favorite stories about how he started out in life as a rock concert promoter and became an assistant to His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Savannah in television and film

The following is based on a list assembled by the Savannah Film Commission 2005

• The Colbert Report (District 1 was the first featured in "Better Know a District" segment)

• The Haunted Mansion

• Undertow

• The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

• The Gift

• The Legend of Bagger Vance

• Forces of Nature

• The General's Daughter

• The Gingerbread Man

• Kiss of Fire

• Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

• Savannah

• Wild America

• Something to Talk About

• Now and Then

• Camilla

• Forrest Gump

• Flight of the Intruder

• Goldenboy

• Love Crimes

• Glory

• The Rose and the Jackal

• 1969

• The Judas Project

• The Return of Swamp Thing

• My Father, My Son

• War Stories

• Pals

• Solomon Northup Odyssey

• All My Children

• Tales of Ordinary Madness

• East of Eden

• Mother Seton

• The Slayer

• When the Circus Came to Town

• White Death

• Carny

• Gold Bug

• Hopscotch

• The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

• Orphan Train

• The Double McGuffin

• The Lincoln Conspiracy

• Roots

• Gator

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