Savannah, Georgia
is encompassed with Southern charm. Hospitality abounds the city. James
Oglethorpe founded Savannah in 1733. Savannah is the Hostess City of the South.
It houses Civil War forts. Oglethorpe developed 23 squares in Savannah, whereby
colonists gathered for social outings. He built the Trustees’ Garden, whereby
mulberry trees were brought in for silk production. Unfortunately, the 19th
Century harsh, dry Savannah climate induced loss instead of gain. However, the
major cash crops, peach trees and cotton, flourished only to have an 1818
epidemic of yellow fever stop the exportation of cotton. Savannah’s port was
quarantined. Savannah’s early days began New World trading, especially to
England who imported timber.
General William T.
Sherman seized Savannah in 1864. He gave the land to President Lincoln that
Christmas. In 1865, the Beach Institute began educating Savannah’s freed
African-American residents. The Georgia State Industrial College for Colored
Youth was founded in 1890; this was later renamed as Savannah State University.
During the 1950’s, the Savannah Foundation saved the Davenport House from paved
roads. Savannah is full of historic landmarks; these have Victorian, Regency and
Italian architecture.
“Midnight in the
Garden of Good and Evil” by John Berendt gave Savannah international fame in
1994.
Savannah Jobs 