History of The Okefenokee in Popular Culture
- The name "Okefenokee" has appeared many times in American pop culture, including Walt Kelly's comic strip Pogo, where the characters made their home in the Okefenokee Swamp, Freddy Cannon's 1959 hit "Okefenokee", and Larry Verne's "Okefenokee Two-Step".
- The Okefenokee Swamp is considered to be one of the Seven Natural Wonders of Georgia.
- On August 24, 1959 Freddy Cannon had a Top 100 hit with the song "Okefenokee"; it Peaked at #43.
- "3 A.M. at the Border of the Marsh From Okefenokee" is the name of a song by the Krautrock band Tangerine Dream. It can be found on their 1976 album Stratosfear.
- The Okefenokee Swamp is a playable map in Tom Clancy's Endwar.
- On the 1999 Advanced Placement English Language and Composition Exam (Written and provided by The College Board), the essay prompt for rhetorical analysis consisted of two passages about Okefenokee Swamp.
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