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Fort Barrington Park
This isolated oxbow is a tributary of the Altamaha River. McIntosh County, Georgia
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Southern Soul Barbeque
I rarely feature open businesses on any of my websites, but some places are so extraordinary they deserve a mention. One such place is the unlikely St. Simons landmark, Southern Soul Barbeque. You...
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Christmas at Ashantilly
Ashantilly is a center of cultural life in McIntosh County and one of its biggest events is its annual Christmas open house. McIntosh County, Georgia http://ashantilly.org/blog/?page_id=2
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Black Island Creek
There was a thick fog on the mainland side of Black Island Creek looking toward Black Island. McIntosh County, Georgia
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18th Century Tympanic Icons of Midway Cemetery
Tympana are the semi-circular arches atop early headstones, usually featuring an iconic relief sculpture. In early America, the most common of these icons is the “winged death” head, usually...
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Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center
Cay Creek Wetlands Interpretive Center is one of the best day trips in Coastal Georgia. Located at 189 Charlie Butler Road in Midway, the center has ample parking, picnic tables, and a boardwalk which...
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Fort King George, 1721
The first British outpost in present-day Georgia, Fort King George was built and commanded by Colonel John “Tuscarora Jack” Barnwell in 1721, under the auspices of South Carolina Governor Francis...
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Reconstruction of a Scottish Highlander’s Colonial Cottage
Located at Fort King George, this is a reconstruction/replica of a Scottish Highlander’s cottage. It’s the style of dwelling some of the earliest settlers of Georgia would have called home and it’s...
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Cherub Ornaments of Bonaventure Cemetery
Andrew Granger (1902-1904) In cemetery symbolism, cherubs almost always represent departed children. Bonaventure has numerous incarnations of these and I’ve chosen some of its best examples. The...
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Driftwood Beach
To access Driftwood Beach, park in the small lot just past the Villas-by-the-Sea condominiums. After walking through this maritime oak forest you’ll find a “boneyard” full of fallen trees, gradual...
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Oatland Island, Savannah
Built in 1927 as a retirement home for the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, the “main building” today serves as an educational center for the surrounding Oatland Island Wildlife Center. It is quite...
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Union Brotherhood Society, 1932
William McKinley Walthour, Sr., founded the Union Brotherhood Society or “The Society” in March 1932 to help provide for the proper burial of Negro citizens. During this period of segregation and Jim...
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Hazel’s Cafe, Circa 1947
I panicked this morning when I heard a rumor that Hazel’s had been demolished, but concerned friends on St. Simons quickly checked and let me know it wasn’t true. To many, this place is as much a...
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Old Brunswick City Hall, 1890
Construction of Alfred S. Eichberg’s monumental Richardsonian Romanesque Brunswick City Hall began in 1889 and the building was open for business in 1890. The clock tower was added in 1893 and...
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Needwood Baptist Church, 1885
Portions of this church were originally built by freed slaves on nearby Broadfield (now Hofwyl-Broadfield) Plantation in the late 1870s, where it was known as Broadfield Baptist Church. It was removed...
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Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Savannah
Every Saturday (from 9AM-1PM) year round, the South End of Forsyth Park is the place to be in Savannah. The Forsyth Farmers’ Market was founded in 2009 by six women who came together with the...
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Stars & Stripes, Highway 80
Travelers to Tybee Island have undoubtedly seen this flag, flying proudly in the marsh on Highway 80 a bit west of Fort Pulaski. Chatham County, Georgia
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LaRoche House, Crescent
This house likely dates to the 1870s, but that is just a guess. Bobbie Spikes identified it as her grandparents’ home when I first published the images in 2012. Teresa LaRoche Riley, whose father grew...
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