February 12, 1733
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -- FIRST CITY founded in Georgia by James Edward Oglethorpe. He founded Georgia's FIRST Colony (America's 13th Colony, which later became the State of Georgia).
February 12, 1733
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -- FIRST Capiltol of the 13th Colony
1733
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA -- FIRST Capitol of the State of Georgia. later moved to Atlanta.
1733
FIRST Jewish Congregation in the South.
1734
FIRST Agricultural Experimental Garden in North America.
1734
FIRST City Planned on a System of Squares in North America.
1735
FIRST Silk Exportation from America (At Savannah, GA).
1736
FIRST Moravian Church in America.
1736
FIRST English Hymnal in America.
1736
FIRST Sunday School in America.
1736
FIRST Lighthouse on the South Atlantic Coast.
1740
FIRST Horse Race in Georgia.
1763
FIRST Garden for the Blind in the Southeast.
1763
Georgia Gazette:The First Newspaper in the Colony.
1777
The First African Baptist Church of Savannah, GA, is the FIRST and oldest black church in North America.
1788
FIRST Public School in Georgia. (Massie school in Savannah, GA.)
1788
FIRST Negro Baptist Congregation in the United States.
1793
FIRST Practical Cotton Gin. (Invented near Savannah, GA. by Eli Whitney.)
1794
FIRST Golf Course in America built at Savannah, GA.
Built 1799
FIRST ship named "Savannah" was built in Savannah, GA.
1819
FIRST Steamship to Cross an Ocean. ("SS Savannah")
1832
Georgia Infirmary:The first hospital for negroes in the United States. Chartered on December 24, 1832 and established under the authority of the General Assembly. Thomas F. Williams left $1,000 in his will for this hospital.
1834
The FIRST Iron Sea Vessel, the John Randolph, was built in Savannah.
1862
FIRST use of a Rifled Cannon in Modern Warfare at Ft. Pulaski.
1886
FIRST Building in the United States Built Over a Public Street.
1886
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences:
The first art museum in the Southeast.
circa 1900
FIRST Public Health Agency established in Savannah, GA, more than one hundred years ago.
1911
FIRST Motorized Fire Department in the United States.
March 12, 1912
FIRST Girl Scouts of America Founded in Savannah, GA, by Juliette Gordon Low.
Registered March 12, 1912
MARGARET DAISY GORDON (Neice of Juliette Low) was first registered Girl Guide in the United States (in Savannah, GA). (The name "Girl Guides" was changed to "Girl Scouts" in 1913.)
1993
FIRST City to Introduce a Computerized Reservation System Available to 290,000 Travel Agency Computer Terminals Throughtout the World.
