(Note: The following is part of a series of articles looking at the history and evolution of agriculture in Georgia and Bulloch County.) As cotton became a major crop in Georgia, shipments were carried to market on its major rivers, including the Oconee and the Ogeechee. Macon and Augusta were major trans-shipping points of cotton for some 50 years. Bulloch County farmers, however, usually just carried their cotton directly to Savannah in wagons or by railroad.