Augusta

Augusta, Georgia is a city of 189,366 (2006 estimate) in the United States state of Georgia. It is the second-largest city in the state, and the largest city of the Central Savannah River Area. Internationally, Augusta is best known for hosting The Masters golf tournament each spring. Augusta was first used by Native Americans as a place to cross the Savannah River, because of Augusta's location on the fall line. In 1735, two years after James Oglethorpe founded Savannah, he sent a detachment of troops on a journey up the Savannah River. He gave them an order to build at the head of the navigable part of the river. The job fell into the hands of Nobel Jones, who created the settlement to provide a first line of defense against the Spanish and the French. Oglethorpe then named the town Augusta, in honor of Princess Augusta, wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales. The city was named in honor of Augusta, Princess of Wales, daughter-in-law of King George II of Great Britain and mother of... full article at wikipedia