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Carrie Steele Logan (1829-1900)
Carrie Steele Logan founded the Carrie Steele Orphan Home in Atlanta, recognized as the oldest predominantly...

Long County
On August 14, 1920, the state legislature proposed a constitutional amendment to create Long County from...

Crawford Long (1815-1878)
Crawford Long, a north Georgia physician, is credited with the discovery of anesthesia. Long County,...

Jefferson Franklin Long (1836-1901)
Georgia's first African American congressman and the first African American to speak on the floor of...

Longleaf Pine Ecosystem
The longleaf pine and grassland forest of the southern Coastal Plain is among the most endangered ecosystems...

Augustus Baldwin Longstreet (1790-1870)
In 1835 Augustus Baldwin Longstreet published Georgia's first important literary work, Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, Etc. in the First Half Century of the Republic. ...

Helen Dortch Longstreet (1863-1962)
Helen Dortch Longstreet, the second wife of General James Longstreet, is remembered for her unflagging...

James Longstreet (1821-1904)
A veteran of the Mexican War (1846-48) and a Republican politician, James Longstreet was one of the most...

Lookout Mountain
Known primarily for its role in the Civil War (1861-65) battles of Chattanooga and Chickamauga, and for...

Nancy Lopez (b. 1957)
The youngest woman ever to be inducted into the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) Hall of Fame,...

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