Near Mimosa Drive, 0.1 miles west of Frederica Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Ann and Levi Bennett, “kept a good public house there (Frederica), and after her husband’s death married (Samuel) Lee who is an idle fellow, and her businesses is almost lost.” A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia 1763 . . . — — Map (db m70228) HM
Near Mimosa Drive, 0.2 miles west of Frederica Road.
Robert Sengstacke Abbott was born on St. Simons Island in 1868. As the son of former slaves, the advocacy of equal rights became his life's work. Trained as a printer and lawyer, the prejudice of the day led to failure and caused him to turn to . . . — — Map (db m167991) HM
On 12th Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1804, Scottish-born plantation owner
John Couper sold four acres of land for $1 to the
new United States government to build the first
St. Simons Light Station. James Gould was hired
to design and build the lighthouse . . . — — Map (db m13463) HM
Near Mimosa Drive, 0.1 miles west of Frederica Drive, on the right when traveling west.
“In short, provisions in general are plentiful; venison, beef, pork at two pence, half-penny per pound, and sometimes under. Fish extremely cheap.” William Thompson, London Magazine 1747
Records identify this lot as the . . . — — Map (db m70225) HM
On Mimosa Drive/W. Point Road, 0 miles Frederica Road, on the left when traveling north.
During the American Revolution four heavily-armed row galleys were constructed in Savannah for the Georgia Navy, all underwritten by the Continental Congress. In nearby Frederica River, beginning at dawn on April 19, 1778, Georgia galleys Lee, . . . — — Map (db m10088) HM
On 101 12th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Surely the most important aspect of
the lighthouse to the mariner is the light
that emanates from the tower. The tall, white
beacon also serves as a day-mark. The light,
a 1,000 watt electric bulb, is reflected by a
fixed 3rd Order . . . — — Map (db m13464) HM
On Frederica Road, 0.2 miles north of South Harrington Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Military Road connecting Fort Frederica with Fort Saint Simons, crossed at this point. Built in 1738 by British forces under Oglethorpe and used during the Battle of Bloody Marsh. W.P.A. 1936 D.A.R. — — Map (db m72672) HM
Near Mimosa Drive, 0.1 miles west of Frederica Drive, on the right when traveling west.
“The town is surrounded by a rampart with flankers, of the same thickness with that round the fort…” London Magazine 1745
The tree-covered embankment in front of you is a remnant of a mile-long earthen wall that once . . . — — Map (db m73888) HM
On Frederica Rd., on the left when traveling north.
Not far from this spot stood the "great tree" under which Charles Wesley had prayers and preached, March 14, 1736, the first Sunday after his arrival. There were about twenty people present, among whom was Mr. Oglethorpe. A year later, Georgia . . . — — Map (db m12370) HM
On 12th Street south of Beachview Drive, on the right when traveling south.
The Lighthouse and Keeper's Dwelling were completed in 1872, replacing the Lighthouse destroyed during the Civil War. Orlando Poe, chief engineer for the U.S. Lighthouse Board, supervised the design. Charles Cluskey, the architect of many . . . — — Map (db m106303) HM
On Harrell Highway (Georgia Route 32) at Post Road, on the right when traveling west on Harrell Highway.
This road, formerly an Indian trail which paralleled the coast, was used by the Spanish and British. In 1778 it was traveled by Revolutionary soldiers who marched against Fort Tonyn. The first mail service south of Savannah was established over . . . — — Map (db m14444) HM
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