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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D92_darien-waterfront_Darien-GA.html
Throughout the 19th century sailing shipsdocked at wharves along this waterfronton either side of the present bridge to loadwith plantation goods. Primarily rice andSea Island cotton, lumber and naval stores.This activity made Darien one of the le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY3_guale-indian-village_Darien-GA.html
Colonel Barnwell in early colonial records wrote about an Indian village that inhabited the site of Fort King George "for 40 acres round." Thousands of sherds of Indian pottery, along with remains of 15 crude wautle and daub houses, have been foun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY2_lower-bluff-sawmill_Darien-GA.html
The ruins in front of you were the foundations of the Darien Eastern Sawmill, later to be called the Hilton & Dodge Lumber Company, or Lower Bluff Mill. The Darien Eastern Sawmill built in 1819, was one of the first steam-powered sawmills to be op…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY0_how-steam-engines-worked_Darien-GA.html
There were numerous styles of steam engines used during the Age of Steam circa 1790-1920. Though there were variations, all steam engines used the same basic concept. Through a system of heat, metal rods, and pistons, very high pressure steam was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXY_the-savannah-lumber-company_Darien-GA.html
Taken approximately from where you are now standing, the photograph to the top left is of the Savannah Lumber Company's sawmill, circa 1905. The ruins of this mill are in front of you. At the beginning of the twentieth century, due to lack of cons…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVXE_the-burning-of-darien_Darien-GA.html
On June 11, 1863 the seaport of Darien was vandalized and burned by Federal forces stationed on nearby St. Simons Island. The town was largely deserted, most of its 500 residents having sough refuge inland. Lost were public buildings, churches, bu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMG06_ashantilly_Darien-GA.html
Built ca. 1820, Ashantilly was the mainland residence of prominent antebellum planter Thomas Spalding (1774-1851), owner of the nearby Sapelo Island Plantation. The house, likely built by Spalding's slaves, was constructed of tabby, an equal mix o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM89P_fort-barrington_Darien-GA.html
Fort Barrington, about twelve miles West of here on the Altamaha River, was built in 1751. Lieut. Robert Baillie, in charge of construction, commanded the post for several years.
Named Fort Howe during the Revolution, the fort played a vital pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM86B_to-the-soldiers-of-fort-king-george_Darien-GA.html
To the Soldiers of Fort King Georgewho gave their lives in defense ofthe Southern English Frontier inAmerica during the occupation ofthis little outpost from 1721 to 1727and were buried upon this bluff. FortKing George, built on the low ground 200…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM806_the-oglethorpe-oak_Darien-GA.html
The Oak Under WhichGen. Oglethorpe CampedHeight, 75 feetCircumference: 360 feetTrunk 15 ft 6 in Longest Limb 61 ft.Average Length of Limbs 50 ft.Covers 7,600 feetWill Shelter 5,065 MenAge UnknownMeasured in 1895