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Herschel Walker (b. 1962)
Herschel Walker made an indelible mark on University of Georgia (UGA) football history as a record-setting...

Walton County
Walton County, forty-five miles east of Atlanta in Georgia's Piedmont region, is the state's forty-third...

George Walton (ca. 1749-1804)
George Walton was one of three Georgians to sign the Declaration of Independence. He served in numerous...

 Wanderer 
The Wanderer was the last ship to bring slaves from Africa to Georgia and one of the last ships to smuggle...

War of 1812 and Georgia
The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Britain between 1812 and 1815. The causes of...

Horace T. Ward (b. 1927)
In 1950 Horace T. Ward became the first African American to challenge the racially discriminatory practices...

Malthus Ward (1794-1863)
Malthus Ward was the first professor of natural history at the University of Georgia, as well as a founding...

Ware County
Ware County, in extreme southeast Georgia, was formed when Appling County was divided by the state legislature...

Indian Warfare
Warfare affected the lives of Georgia's Indians in many significant ways. All Indian men considered themselves...

Warm Springs
Between 1933 and 1945 the eyes of the nation often focused on Warm Springs, where U.S. president Franklin...

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