HISTORICAL SITES TO SEE ALONG THE GEORGIA GOLF TRAIL

When you play golf along The Georgia Golf Trail (GGT), you'll see there's much more to The Georgia Golf Trail than playing golf. After you finish playing golf at any one of the 20+ golf courses along the GGT, you'll get to visit many of Georgia's most historical sites and learn about the many significant moments in time since the days of colonial America.

"Clearly, as you travel along The Georgia Golf Trail to play golf, you'll see that there's as much to do for non-golfers as there is to do on the golf course for golfers," said Doug Hollandsworth, Founder of The Georgia Golf Trail.

No historical trip to Georgia is complete unless you visit the City of Savannah, which is the oldest city in Georgia and was the state's first capital. Savannah was founded in 1733.

After playing golf at The Landings, which is one of the Savannah-area golf courses along The Georgia Golf Trail, you should walk the city streets of Savannah where you can check out the city's many attractions - Southern cuisine restaurants, riverboat cruises along the Savannah River, architectural tours, spectacular art galleries, Civil War reenactments, and the city's number-one attraction - the Savannah Historic Theatre, which was established in 1818.

After playing golf at the Highland Walk Golf Course located at Victoria Bryant State Park in Royston, Georgia, visit the Traveler's Rest State Historic Site, which is located near the intersection of Old King's Highway and Unicoi Turnpike.

Traveler's Rest is Georgia's last stagecoach inn and the long-time residence of the Jarrett family. The inn provides visitors a glimpse into early American travel and will give you a look at life in 19th Century Georgia. This stagecoach inn, and later a plantation home, was first built around 1815 by James Wyly.

Because of its architectural significance and its role in the early history of the area, Traveler's Rest was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Today, visitors can tour the house and see many original artifacts and furnishings.

When you visit Callaway Resort & Gardens in Pine Mountain, Georgia, you get access to the Mountain View and Lake View golf courses. Mountain View is the former home of the PGA Tour's Buick Challenge. Lake View is the original golf course at Callaway Resort & Gardens.

After golfing at Callaway, visit nearby Warm Springs, Georgia, specifically the Little White House that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had built in 1932 when he was the governor of New York, just before he was inaugurated as U.S. President in 1933.

Roosevelt visited nearby Warm Springs as he hoped that swimming in the nearly 90-degree spring water might help him cure his infantile paralysis (polio) that struck him in 1921. The therapeutic water did help improve his physical mobility, but it did not cure him of polio. Visitors who tour FDR's home get to see it as he left it when he died on April 12, 1945.

If you visit Cordele, Georgia to play golf at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Golf Course at the Lake Blackshear State Park & Lodge, there's a military museum on the premises of the park which is guided by the theme: "Serve the Living, Honor Our Heroic Dead."

The museum blends indoor and outdoor exhibits to honor U.S. veterans from the Revolutionary War through to the present day. The indoor exhibits and outdoor installations include a B-29A Superfortress, jets, tanks and a helicopter. This is a must-see exhibit for families, school-age children, and U.S. military veterans.

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