Starbucks Georgia mug: Been There Series
The Georgia mug from Starbucks' Been There Series writes Georgia in dark blue lettering over a peach, a peanut, a white flower, cypress trees in water and the state flag, with a ribbon ending in STATE of the SOUTH and a blue inside.
- Series
- Been There Series
- Place
- Georgia, USA
- Type
- Mug
- Released
- Not confirmed
- Capacity
- 14 fl ozstandard mug size
- SKU
- Not confirmed
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The company that bought a swamp to drain it
On 1 January 1891, a company bought the Okefenokee Swamp, which the Georgia legislature had authorized the governor to sell two years earlier [1]. Its plan was to drain it [1]. According to the Charlton County Historical Society, a group of Atlanta businessmen led by Captain Henry Jackson tried to dig a canal through Trail Ridge toward the St. Marys River, gave up after three years, and the project became known as Jackson's Folly [2]. Then the company turned to what grew there. It built a sawmill, bought steamboats and steam logging equipment, and set out to raise money by harvesting cypress, but both ventures collapsed in 1897 [1]. Charles Hebard and his sons bought the property in 1901 and, learning from those mistakes, studied the timber and logged the cypress by railroad [1]. In 1937 the federal government purchased the Hebard Lumber Company property, and Roosevelt created the wildlife refuge there [1]. The two pale cypress trees standing in water on the Georgia mug (5) may be Okefenokee's.
The mug does not label its drawings, so connecting this one to the story is our reading.
What's on the mug
- 1Lettering
Georgia in dark blue letters with a rough, hand-drawn look across the upper front.
- 2Peach
An orange peach with a small leaf sits in the middle of the design.
- 3Peanut
A pale blue peanut shell with a mesh pattern lies below the peach.
- 4State flag
A flag with blue and white bands and a coat of arms in a square canton waves at the lower right.
- 5Cypress trees
Two tall pale blue trees stand in a pool of blue water at the left.
- 6White flower
A white flower with an orange centre and blue leaves sits at the upper right.
- 7Ribbon
An orange ribbon at the lower left ends with the words STATE of the SOUTH.
- 8Bridge in a circle
At the left edge a blue circle holds a bridge and water.
The photo shows one side of the mug. The back and the area behind the handle are out of view. The first word of the ribbon at the lower left is cut off by the angle of the photo.
Collector notes
- The inside of this mug is deep blue, which shows at the rim, and the artwork is drawn in blues with orange touches on the peach, the small flower and the ribbon.
- The peach, the peanut and the flag all sit on the front, so a photo from the handle side misses them. Our Discovery Series Georgia mug is a different design with a dark green circle and a red and green palette.
Before you buy
The photo shows one side of this mug, so the back and the area behind the handle are out of view, and the first word of the ribbon is cut off. The inside is deep blue. Starbucks' Discovery Series Georgia mug is a different design, with a dark green circle and a red and green palette.
