A Brief History of Augusta Georgia

Augusta was first used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of it's location on the fall line.

In 1735, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, he sent troops on a trip up the Savannah River. He gave them an order to build at the head of the navigable part of the river. A settlement was created to provide a first line of defense against the Spanish and the French. Oglethorpe named the town Augusta, in honor of Princess Augusta.

After the American Civil War, Augusta became a leader in the production of textiles, gunpowder, and paper, and eventually the construction of the Georgia Railroad, provided Augusta with a link to Atlanta, in turn, a link to the Mississippi River, saving a large amount of money on transportation, and increasing the trade industry considerable, being that there was now a link, via the Savannah River, from the Atlantic Ocean to the middle of the country.?/p>