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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9CG_first-pecan-trees-grown-here-about-1840_St-Marys-GA.html
Grown from pecan nuts found floating at sea by Capt. Samuel F. Flood and planted by his wife, nee Rebecca Grovenstine, on Block 47. The remainder of these nuts were planted by St. Joseph Sebastian Arnow in the north half of Block 26.These first pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM97E_city-of-st-marys_St-Marys-GA.html
This town was built on the north bank of the St. Marys River at a place called Buttermilk Bluff. The original tract of land, containing 1620 acres, was purchased by the proprietors for laying out the Town of St. Marys for Jacob Weed for thirty eig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM97C_washington-pump-oak_St-Marys-GA.html
There were originally six wells one in each square, the only source of pure water for St. Marys, (until the tidal wave of 1818). On the day that the Father of the Country was buried at Mt. Vernon local services were also held throughout the nat…
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