1848
AUGUSTA, UNITED STATES

Augusta's Story

[Train Whistle] For nearly 13,000 years, humans have lived in what is now Augusta, Georgia. Many of the same resources that attracted the first inhabitants, continue to sustain today’s Augustans. The people and events that shaped our community, are presented in AUGUSTA’S STORY! [Train Whistle]

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560 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Ga, United States
Augusta's Story
  1. Paleo-Indians
  2. Stallings Island
  3. The Age of Exploration: The DeSoto Exhibition; 1540
  4. Early Colonial Period; 1685 – 1736
  5. Late Colonial Period
  6. The American Revolution, 1776 - 1783
  7. Antebellum Society
  8. Dave: Enslaved Potter and Poet
  9. Cotton
  10. Civil War; 1861 - 1865
  11. Reconstruction
  12. The Golden Blocks
  13. The Augusta Canal and the Cotton Industry
  14. Petersburg Boat
  15. Industrial History
  16. Mill Life
  17. World War I
  18. The Great Fire of 1916
  19. 1920s
  20. World War II
  21. Savannah River Site
  22. Integrating Augusta
  23. The Augusta Riot
  24. 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s in Augusta
  25. Augusta and the Late 20th Century to Today
  26. Thank you to our partners