Near Main Street (State Highway 46) at Epps Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Hardeeville Methodist Church was organized and founded prior to the Civil War. The present site was obtained in 1860 as a gift to the trustees from Margaret Saussy Jones. The present framed sanctuary was completed soon afterwards. Services have . . . — — Map (db m184376) HM
On Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south on Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive.
Framed by three massive live oak trees, this grassy knoll was a home site on Laurel Hill Plantation before the Civil War. Savannah National Wildlife Refuge includes portions of 13 former rice plantations. Ten including Laurel Hill, were located in . . . — — Map (db m90078) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
Nearly three thousand acres of former rice fields are managed to benefit wildlife on Savannah National Wildlife Refuge. The refuge provides 18 impoundments (reservoirs) with nearly 50 miles of earthen dikes and a variety of trunks (floodgates). . . . — — Map (db m90080)
On Main St (State Highway 46) at Charles St, on the right when traveling east on Main St.
This woodburning steam locomotive with balloon smoke stack, was built by the H. K. Porter Company
about 1910. It was used by Argent Lumber Company, a leading area employer established in 1916, to
haul timber from forest to mill. In 1960 the . . . — — Map (db m4292) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive, 1.2 miles south of Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170), on the left when traveling south.
This small island of trees was a slave community on Recess Plantation, which bordered Laurel Hill Plantation. Called a hammock, it was a small area of high ground in a sea of wetland rice fields. The round brick structure, just ahead in the woods, . . . — — Map (db m90083) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
The industries in Savannah and Port Wentworth, Georgia stand above the horizon, less than three miles away from this overlook. A wildfire in Savannah National Wildlife Refuge could threaten these communities. Wildfire produces tons of smoke and . . . — — Map (db m90085)
On Purrysburg Rd (State Highway S-27-34) near Honey Hill Road (State Highway S27-203), on the right when traveling south.
(Front text ):
In 1730, the British Crown instructed S.C.
Governor Robert Johnson to lay out eleven
townships to populate and protect the
interior of the province. Purrysburg
Township, laid out in 1731, stimulated the
settlement of . . . — — Map (db m6353) HM
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive at Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This water control structure is called a trunk. It is similar to trunks used to manage water flow to and from plantation rice fields. On Savannah National Wildlife Refuge, trunks are operated to set water levels in impoundments (reservoirs). . . . — — Map (db m90081)
Near Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive near Alligator Alley (South Carolina Highway 170).
This freshwater wetland is a productive wildlife habitat. Scattered ponds diverse vegetation offer water, food, and shelter for countless birds and other wildlife. If left untended however, the marsh will become clogged with a few species of . . . — — Map (db m90079)