History
Debtors, Catholics, and Yankees, Oh My! 20 Savannah Fun Facts
Going on 300 years old, Savannah is Georgia’s oldest city. It is also America’s first planned city. The shady squares that today’s locals and tourists enjoy were laid out in 1733 by the city’s founder, James Oglethorpe, following a grid plan. Savannah’s founders under Oglethorpe were not debtors snatched from Read more…