Re: [pf] St. Simons & Jekyll Islands, GA.

At 13:55 12/6/2001 -0400, Molly Williams wrote:
>We were on Jekyll and St. Simon's Islands over the past week or so.
> ...
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=68162&tocid=0
  has:
Sea Islands
 Encyclopædia Britannica Article
Low-lying chain of sandy islands off the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia,
and Florida, U.S., between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns rivers
and along the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. The Spaniards claimed and
partly occupied the islands in 1568. By the end of the 17th century, the
English had made them part of the Carolina colony. In 1717 they were
granted to Sir Robert Montgomery, who included them in his Margravate of
Azilia on the mainland ... The Battle of Bloody Marsh (1742), fought on St.
Simons Island [GA, U.S.], saved the Georgia colony from the Spaniards.

The Sea Islands were early looked upon as private kingdoms. ... In the last
half of the 19th century, Jekyll Island was made an exclusive winter
playground for members of the Jekyll Island Club; the Carnegie family also
secured most of Cumberland Island for the same purpose. Jekyll Island was
bought by the state of Georgia and since 1947 has been the site of a state
park.

Rice and cotton were cultivated, especially on St. Helena and Port Royal
(the most important of the islands), and the fine, long-stapled Sea Island
cotton was developed in the islands. After the American Civil War,
abandoned plantations were confiscated, and land was given to freed slaves.
The Carolina islands retain a predominantly black population that has
developed distinct customs and dialects, notably Gullah [West African
tribal name; http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=39276 ]. ... Several
wildlife refuges and parks have been established on the islands, the more
important of which are linked to the mainland by causeways and bridges.
Fort Frederica National Monument, authorized in 1936, is on St. Simons.

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sent on by David.
(David MacClement) davd@ihug.co.nz 
http://www.geocities.com/davd.geo/index.html#top
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