Carter landed on the coast of what is now the state of Georgia and settled around what is now known as the city of Americus.
Three streets in the neighborhood bear names of other famous explorers, a Columbia Street already existing Downtown: Ferdinand Street after Magellan, Hudson Street after Henry Hudson, and Americus Street after Amerigo Vespucci.
In 1978 Griffin Bell, an Americus native, presented a memorial plaque to Souther Field Airport to commemorate Charles Lindbergh's 1927 solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
His club membership is in the Duquesne, Pittsburgh Athletic Association, Stanton Heights Golf Club and Americus Republican clubs.
Former NFL coaches Chan Gailey and Dan Reeves are graduates and former football players at Americus High.