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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16RM_dedicated-to-the-veterans-of-1898-1902_Brunswick-GA.html
"You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined"
President McKinley
Hiker of '98 (On base of soldier)Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 -1902 By the Department of Georgia and Department Auxiliary,Uni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13RI_reverends-john-charles-wesley-wesley-memorial-garden_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
Side 1: Reverends John & Charles Wesley
"About 3:30 in the afternoon I first set foot on St. Simons Island and immediately my spirits revived." Charles Wesley, March 9, 1736.
Ordained ministers of the Anglican Church, the Wesleys joined Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1184_north-atlantic-right-whale_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
In February of 1984, an expedition launched from St. Simons Island discovered the calving grounds ofthe North Atlantic Right Whale. Female whalesgive birth in nearby coastal waters during the wintermonths; But the young calves and their mothers ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ2T_hampton-plantation_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
In 1774 Major Pierce Butler of South Carolina purchased Hampton Point in northwestern St. Simons Island, and by the 1790s Hampton was developed into the island's largest cotton plantation in land and slave population. Signer of the Constitution an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK55_cannons-point-plantation_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
In 1793 John Couper, with his partner James Hamilton, purchased Cannon's Point in northeastern St. Simons Island. In addition to the production of cotton, Couper experimented with citrus trees, grapes, date palms from Persia, mulberry trees for si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGDT_colored-memorial-school-and-risley-high-school_Brunswick-GA.html
Brunswick's first public school for African Americans opened in 1870 as the Freedmen's School, later changed to Risley School to honor Captain Douglas Gilbert Risley, who raised funds for the school's construction. In 1923 the adjacent building, C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCJO_hamilton-plantation_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
In 1800 James Hamilton, with his partner John Couper, purchased land at Gascoigne Bluff. Under Hamilton's stewardship, Hamilton Plantation became one of the major St. Simons producers of long-staple cotton. After Hamilton moved to Philadelphia, ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCFB_frederica-oglethorpe_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
This remnant is all that time has spared of the citadel of the town of Frederica built by General Oglethorpe A.D. 1736 As an outpost against The Spanish in Florida
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCF9_frederica-the-barricks_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
" There are barracks in the town onthe north side,ninety feet square, built of tappy,covered by cypress shingles; and a handsometower over the gateway...."London Magazine October 23, 1747
At the time of the Spanish attack in 1742, about 200 Bri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCF7_frederica-the-fort_Saint-Simons-Island-GA.html
" In the morning, Mr. Oglethorpe beganto mark out a fort with four bastions, andtaught the men how to dig the ditch, andraise and turf the rampart."Francis Moore1736 A Voyage to Georgia
General Oglethorpe chose this site forFrederica's fort. …