Georgia Historical SocietyUnited States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.500181696/1785James Oglethorpe founded the colony of Georgia in 1733 and built Fort Frederica, which became the center of colonial frontier defense, on St. Simons Island in 1736. Oglethorpe also recruited men from along the colonial milita to form the Rangers, a full-time military force.Image of a head-and-shoulders portrait of James Oglethorpe. He is depicted in a dark jacket and tall white collar. He looks right. Oglethorpe, a leader in the British movement to found a new colony in America, set sail for the new world on November 17, 1732, with what would become Georgia's first settlers.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/Georgia Historical Society collection of portraitshttps://7063.sydneyplus.com/archive/final/Portal/Default.aspx?component=AABC&record=0cf958c8-aa7f-4e93-8f52-15f246c16a2bColonists--GeorgiaMen--GeorgiaGovernors--GeorgiaJames OglethorpeStillImage