Savannah - Georgia - 4K Downtown Drive

Weekday afternoon drive around the downtown area of the beautiful historic city of Savannah, GA.
Filmed: February 2021
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From Wikipedia:
Savannah (/səˈvænə/) is the oldest city in the U.S. state of Georgia and is the county seat of Chatham County. Established in 1733 on the Savannah River, the city of Savannah became the British colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. A strategic port city in the American Revolution and during the American Civil War, Savannah is today an industrial center and an important Atlantic seaport. It is Georgia's fifth-largest city, with a 2019 estimated population of 144,464. The Savannah metropolitan area, Georgia's third-largest, had an estimated population of 393,353 in 2019.
Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors to its cobblestone streets, parks, and notable historic buildings. These buildings include the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA), the Georgia Historical Society (the oldest continually operating historical society in the South), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African-American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third-oldest synagogue in the U.S.), and the Central of Georgia Railway roundhouse complex (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in the U.S.).
Savannah's downtown area, which includes the Savannah Historic District, the Savannah Victorian Historic District, and 22 parklike squares, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the U.S. government in 1966). Downtown Savannah largely retains the original town plan prescribed by founder James Oglethorpe (a design now known as the Oglethorpe Plan). Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta.
On February 12, 1733, General James Oglethorpe and settlers from the ship Anne landed at Yamacraw Bluff and were greeted by Tomochichi, the Yamacraws, and Indian traders John and Mary Musgrove. Mary Musgrove often served as an interpreter. The city of Savannah was founded on that date, along with the colony of Georgia. In 1751, Savannah and the rest of Georgia became a Royal Colony and Savannah was made the colonial capital of Georgia.
By the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, Savannah had become the southernmost commercial port in the Thirteen Colonies. British troops took the city in 1778, and the following year a combined force of American and French soldiers, including Haitians, failed to rout the British at the Siege of Savannah. The British did not leave the city until July 1782. In December 1804 the state legislature declared Milledgeville the new capital of Georgia.
Savannah was named for the Savannah River, which probably derives from variant names for the Shawnee, a Native American people who migrated to the river in the 1680s. The Shawnee destroyed another Native people, the Westo, and occupied their lands at the head of the Savannah River's navigation on the fall line, near present-day Augusta. These Shawnee, whose Native name was Ša·wano·ki (literally, "southerners"), were known by several local variants, including Shawano, Savano, Savana and Savannah. Another theory is that the name Savannah refers to the extensive marshlands surrounding the river for miles inland, and is derived from the English term "savanna", a kind of tropical grassland, which was borrowed by the English from Spanish sabana and used in the Southern Colonies. (The Spanish word comes from the Taino word zabana.) Still other theories suggest that the name Savannah originates from Algonquian terms meaning not only "southerners" but perhaps "salt".

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[@thomascuddy6439]

When I turned 75, we stayed in Savannah. I rented a scooter and ride all over the city much like your video. Great job. Thank you.

[@sharonrivers1347]

Nice drive around beautyful svannah georgia

[@gacaptain]

Beautiful interesting town. Love Savannah.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

It really is!

[@sharonrivers1347]

God bless the southern states.i live in one myself.nashville tennessee

[@neox9369]

@@sharonrivers1347GA and Savannah is both an east coast state and southeastern on eastern time zone😅

[@leonation89]

Savannahhhhhh!!!!!

[@sunflowerdodo8440]

I have been so homesick. Thank you for this video - so many happy memories growing up there.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

You’re welcome

[@byronpost809]

I used to go down there to visit when my grandmother was alive. I was amazed at how much it has changed and grown since I was a kid.

[@mia4resto]

I love what you do! It's a way to travel during these times. Lived in Savannah for over a decade now. I love it, and the historic district is definitely one of my favorites. Seeing it and the surrounding areas (especially Pooler) grow has been fun, but it's gotten kind of dirty, and way less charming as larger development companies have overtaken downtown. We'll probably be moving elsewhere soon, closer to the mountains. Your videos on Greenville has gotten us interested! Thank you and keep up the good work!

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks a lot. Will do!

[@elanasslowedmusic2953]

haha i live in Pooler!

[@user-ih6xt8mw7b]

One of the coolest most amazingly beautiful cities in America...

[@berliner0]

From Augusta ga love savannah

[@jacobrrrt5477]

Wow it really is a beautiful and well infrastructed town!

[@garnettorteka]

Thank you so much for that drive, I can really navigate where I want to stay when I visit.

[@MileageMikeTravels]

No problem. Enjoy your trip, it's a beautiful city.

[@s25s2m9]

Savannah ga is like a bigger Charleston sc.

[@dreg8679]

Savannah is smaller than Charleston

[@leonation89]

@@dreg8679 metro wise it is.

[@alexnzigou9475]

Thank you very much

[@Swampzoid]

You mostly drove around the edges of the historic district. Next time drive up Bull Street in the center of the historic district.

[@nancyjanepaige200]

10:33 my favorite shop on the river! 407 east river street. The peanut shop 😋

[@edwardcox7245]

Been there a few months ago and this place called Shabazz Seafood was good

[@stevendaniel8126]

LOVE IT !!!!!

[@mee8690]

great video

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks!

[@khunopie9159]

Nice Drive Mike! You need a camera with 'Image Stabilization' A new GoPro would serve you well

[@MileageMikeTravels]

Thanks. Been looking at the Hero 9 and liked what I've seen of it. I'll be saving up some cash and hopefully can get one in the near future.

[@MasonWright1234]

I need to go to Savannah

[@sarahsimmons3013]

My home 🏡

[@ivanna221203]

es hermoso

[@ireece]

Great kob

[@mrandersonthetrucker2576]

Damn this place looks old as hell 😂😂 looks like buildings from 1776 are still standing strong 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@neox9369]

That’s the beauty in it, no different than NY or Boston because these locations all have one thing in common. GA, NY and Massachusetts are all apart of the original 13 colonies, older, established first with a lot of historical landmarks.

[@adamhadid8931]

Most depressing city in states lol

[@byronpost809]

It doesn't come close to Champaign/Urbana, Illinois LOL!😅