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Georgia, founded in 1733, was the last of the 13 original colonies, the first Southern state to ratify the Constitution and the fifth state to secede from the Union on January 19, 1861. The years between the first and last events were pivotal years for the country and Georgia played a significant role. 

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A mere 70-miles from the hustle and bustle of Atlanta you can find yourself in Georgia’s 34,000-acre Lake Country. Though the region was only deemed “lake country” after the initial damming of the Oconee River the area’s written history dates from the early days of colonization.

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One of the things I find most compelling about living in Philadelphia is that when you have nothing to do there is always something to do. We have always been known as “the City of Neighborhoods” and the designation is justified. 

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Ostentatious plantation houses lined the River Road from New Orleans to Baton Rouge accessed by magnificent oak lined alleys designed to funnel the cooling breeze from the river up to and through the great house.

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Louisiana’s celebrated River Road parallels the east and west banks of the Mississippi River for the 70-miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge through “Plantation Country.” The road traverses three parishes,—- St. Charles, St. John and St. James— and winds past bayous, levees,

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Franklin County, as many early settlements, began as a fort on the Apalachicola River manned by the Spanish in 1705 and fifty-eight years later the Spanish ceded Florida to the English as part of the Treaty of Paris. Their loss in the American Revolution caused them to return it to Spain. 

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Franklin County, located in Florida’s Eastern Panhandle, includes four barrier islands and a series of small coastal communities strung out like pearls along the Gulf of Mexico. The county offers active and soft adventure, a unique history, sparsely populated white-sand beaches, an impressive selection…

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The quest for eternal youth has only grown more intense and moved 100-miles south since the time of the conquistadors. Thousands of people flock to Orlando, Florida annually to share the limitless joy and unbridled excitement of childhood both with their families…

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The location of Philadelphia, Penn’s “City of Brotherly Love,” was selected because rivers were the roads of the era and it is situated where the Schuylkill and Delaware rivers meet. Also, the Delaware Bay that leads to the Atlantic Ocean is just south of it.

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One of the most unique ways to continue our passage through Arkansas is to ride the rails on the 1880 Arkansas & Missouri Railroad Tourist Train from Van Buren to Springdale. The 67-mile trip is taken aboard vintage and historic rail cars.

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