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Georgia History
Timeline, October 2005
In October, 2005 we hosted about 2500 area school children, parents
and teachers for our Georgia History Timeline. In our historic
settlement and the adjacent trails through the woods, students
met Native Americans who showed what life here was like before
the European discovery with authentic weapons and tools.
Students
talked to armor-clad explorer Hernando de Soto, who was on his
journey across the southeast in 1638-39. Red-coated General
Oglethorpe and his friend, Chief Tomochichi, discussed English
plans for the new colony of Georgia. A frontiersman described
his life and reasons for siding with the Americans in their
revolution against the British government. A British infantryman
offered a different point of view. Students met Sequoyah, who
developed the first Cherokee writing system. Frontier settlers
explained their crafts and skills that enabled them to survive
on the edge of Georgia’s mountain wilderness. Civil War soldiers
gave the student’s a glimpse of why men fought and how it
affected everyone’s life in North Georgia. A widow recounted her
hardships, as southern women were caught in the crucible of war.
Georgia History
Timeline 2005
For more information
7300 Reinhardt College Circle
Waleska, GA 30183-2981
(770) 720-5970 -
fax (770) 720-5965
Email:
heritagecenter@reinhardt.edu
Georgia's Official Frontier
and Southeastern Indian Interpretive Center
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