Woodbine in Camden County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

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Satilla River

— circa 1889 —

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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, February 15, 2011

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Inscription. Woodbine was founded in 1893 on the banks of the Satilla River. It grew from earlier river-side sawmill communities established in the mid 1800's. Harvesting timber was a major occupation, and large rafts of logs were floated down the river to the sawmills. Earlier, the land where Woodbine is now located was part of the Woodbine Plantation. It covered 1,400 acres of land and river marsh along the south side of the Satilla. Over the years, together with other plantations on the river, Woodbine Plantation produced rice, cotton, timber, and turpentine. Before the railroad came in 1893, products from the Plantation were shipped to markets on steamers that docked along the river.
History adapted from:
"Camden's Challenge: A History of Camden County"
Formal image design and painting by:
Mr. Vernon Potter, Jacksonville, Florida
Based on an idea created by:
Miss Jackie Fortier, Kingsland, Georgia
Camden County High School, Class of 2003
Funding for this mural was provided in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. The Council is a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding was provided by a generous donation from the Woodbine Citizens Steering Committee.

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.

Location. 30° 58.136′ N, 81° 43.45′ W. Marker is in Woodbine, Georgia, in Camden County. It is on West 3rd Street just west of Bedell Avenue (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling west. Marker and panoramic mural are painted on north wall of building at this address, facing West 3rd Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 306 Bedell Avenue, Woodbine GA 31569, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Coastal Plain and on the Georgia Coast and the Golden Isles.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

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Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, February 15, 2011

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(marker is mural legend - on far right)

least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Camden County (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Camden County War Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Refuge Plantation (approx. 1.1 miles away); Post Road (approx. 6.9 miles away); Tre Francesco Porfirio (approx. 11.9 miles away); Joe H. Joseph / Hammond Roberts (approx. 11.9 miles away); Jacob Joseph (approx. 11.9 miles away); Treaty of Coleraine (approx. 13.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Woodbine.

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1. Woodbine History. Records of the site where Woodbine is located date back to 1765, when William Trowin, John Brown, William Struthers, and John McGillvary petitioned for and received fourteen hundred acres on the south side of the Great Satilla River at a place referred to as Pile’s Bluff. (Submitted on September 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Camden County. Until the Civil War the community thrived, owing to a large number of plantations along the river cultivating rice, cotton, corn, and other products. In the 1890s Camden County's economy

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was bolstered by timber and turpentine products. These evolved to larger commercial pulp-paper manufacturing operations from the 1940s to the present. (Submitted on September 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

3. Woodbine History. It is said that during the Civil War, Northerners destroyed the plantation house. In 1882, the overseer's house was destroyed by a tornado. In 1893, the railroad took over transportation of rice from the vessels on the Satilla River. In fact, the railroad ran through on the actual plantation itself. (Submitted on September 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

4. Woodbine (Wikipedia). Woodbine was incorporated as a town in 1908. The town grew more after the Atlantic Coastal Highway was constructed during 1927 and the county seat relocated there the following year. (Submitted on September 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on September 8, 2020. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 703 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 8, 2020, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.