Loading Timber Products and Turpentine

Loading Timber Products and Turpentine. Satilla River. 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.. . This historical marker is in Woodbine in Camden County Georgia