FALLING INTO PLACE

1. FALLING INTO PLACE A study of the Fall Line and its impact on South Carolina and Georgia.

2. Map Slide I What is a Fall Line?

3. A Fall Line marks the area where the upland region (continental bedrock) and the coastal plain meet.

4. Map Slide II The Fall Line in Georgia and South Carolina

5. How does the Savannah River look as it crosses the Fall Line?

6. Savannah River Shoals at the Fall Line

7. How do you think the Fall Line affected the ways in which early Native Americans lived and traveled?

8. Native American Settlements in the Carolinas and Georgia

9. How do you think the Fall Line affected the travels and movement of early explorers?

10. Hernando de Soto 1540

11. How do you think the Fall Line affected colonial settlement patterns and trade routes?

12. Where is the Fall Line is on this colonial map of Georgia and South Carolina?

13. The Fall Line

14. Early Travel on the Savannah River

15. How did the Savannah River and the Fall Line impact Augusta’s growth and development?

16. Visit the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area and Interpretive Center Discover where history…

17. Falls Into Place