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Tidal Marshes

Almost a third of the Atlantic Coast's tidal salt marshes are located in Georgia's Lower Coastal Plain, as are thousands of acres of rare tidal freshwater marshes. Immortalized in poet Sidney Lanier's poem "The Marshes of Glynn," these wide expanses of salt marsh are the most visible physical feature along Georgia's 100-mile-long coast. The salt marshes stretch in a band four to six miles wide between the mainland and coastal barrier islands. A major reason for Georgia's extensive expanses of salt marsh is that its coast experiences the highest tides along the southeastern shoreline. In general, the higher the tidal range, the greater the pro...

Ponce de Leon Ballpark

Ponce de Leon Ballpark in Atlanta was one of the nation's finest minor league baseball facilities in the early to...

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Georgia Exhibits

The Digital Library of Georgia and the New Georgia Encyclopedia are collaborating on a new, online exhibit site that amplifies often untold and hidden Georgia history. Georgia Exhibits use ma...