 | On April 19, the Godalming and Haslemere visitors
left Atlanta for Augusta. On the way, they dropped off in Athens for a visit
to the University of Georgia, which was chartered in January 1785--five
months before Oglethorpe's death. |
 | From Athens, the group traveled to Oglethorpe
County, which was created in 1793 as Georgia's nineteenth county. |
 | Here, they saw a granite marker honoring General
Oglethorpe erected in 1993 to mark the county's 200th anniversary. |
 | Continuing on, they arrived in Augusta for the
final leg of their trip. Among the various monuments and sites they would
see here is this granite marker on the site of Fort Augusta. |
 | In June 1736, James Oglethorpe directed that a new
town and fort be laid out at the head of navigation of the Savannah River.
Here, Fort Augusta was built the following year. |
 | Soon, a town grew up around the fort. Augusta
would become the colony's major inland city. |
 | Before returning to England, the Godalming and
Haslemere visitors got a chance to visit the Augusta-Richmond County Museum,
which includes a special section devoted to Georgia founder James
Oglethorpe. |
 | The museum also includes a life-size likeness of
James Oglethorpe as he would have appeared about the time of the founding of
Augusta. |