Savannah did catch a break during the Civil War, though. The city grew as it became an important port for the export of cotton, but it also suffered two major fires and three major yellow fever epidemics in less than 100 years. Savannah's history over the next 200 years had lots of ups and downs. It wasn't long before plantations and slavery were officially brought into the colony. However, this rosy view of what colonial society could look like was not economically successful in practice, and largely all fell apart by the time Georgia became a Royal Colony in 1754. When the colony was founded, it outlawed things like hard liquor, slavery, and lawyers. You may not know this, but Oglethorpe founded Georgia with a new kind of egalitarian society in mind a place where the “deserving poor” of England could immigrate and start anew on solid and equitable footing. Savannah still centers around its squares. Urban planners today still study the city and its design, which was part of a larger social plan Oglethorpe had for Georgia. The city is set up in a grid system, with short blocks and central meeting places in the form of leafy squares. Savannah is cited as being the first planned city in America, and Oglethorpe is hailed locally as a planning genius. When Tomochichi died in 1739 (probably around the age of 95!), he was given a British military funeral and buried in Savannah. I'm inclined to believe the story, since Tomochihi spent several years acting as a mediator between the British and various Indigenous groups, even traveling to England and meeting King George II in 1734. Both Oglethrope and Tomochichi saw value in getting along (Oglethorpe wanted to avoid violent interactions like there had been in other colonies, and Tomochichi saw a potential new trading partnership), and the story goes that the two men actually became close friends. Oglethorpe and passengers landed at Yamacraw Bluff and were met by the leader of the local Yamacraw people, a man named Tomochichi. The city (and the colony of Georgia) was founded in February of 1733, when General James Oglethorpe and 120 passengers on a ship called Anne arrived from England. Savannah is located on the coast of Georgia, near the mouth of the Savannah River and just across the state line from South Carolina. Rooftop drinks at Peregrin An introduction to Savannah
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