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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SX_the-waving-girl_Tybee-Island-GA.html
For 44 years, Florence Martus (1868-1943) lived on nearby Elba Island with her brother, the lighthouse keeper, and no ship arrived for Savannah or departed from 1887 to 1931 without her waving a handkerchief by day or a lantern by night. Throughou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2SO_fort-pulaski_Savannah-GA.html
Named for General Casimer Pulaski, the Polish hero who was mortally wounded at the siege of Savannah, 1779, Fort Pulaski was built in accordance with plans by General Simon Bernard, formerly chief engineer under Napoleon. Begun in 1829 and complet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QF_shermans-march-to-the-sea_Garden-City-GA.html
Beginning on December 10, 1864, Union and Confederate soldiers fought near here at Shaw's Bridge and Shaw's Dam, as Union General William T. Sherman's army moved toward Savannah. During bloody fighting, Confederates twice repulsed Union attempts t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2Q2_ss-savannah-and-ss-john-randolph_Savannah-GA.html
The first steamship to cross the Atlantic Ocean, the SS SAVANNAH, sailed from this harbor on May 22, 1819 and reached Liverpool 27 days later. The anniversary of her sailing, May 22, is celebrated as National Maritime Day. Captain Moses Rogers was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PK_old-city-exchange-bell_Savannah-GA.html
This bell, which is believed to be the oldest in Georgia, bears the date 1802. Imported from Amsterdam, it hung in the cupola of the City Exchange from 1804 until a short time before that building was razed to make way for the present City Hall. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PD_old-savannah-cotton-exchange_Savannah-GA.html
The Savannah Cotton Exchange building was completed in 1887 during the era when Savannah ranked first as a cotton seaport on the Atlantic and second in the world. In its heyday as a cotton port over two million bales a year moved through Savannah.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2PA_savannah-waterfront_Savannah-GA.html
The colony of Georgia began on Savannah's waterfront in 1733. The riverfront has always played an important role in Georgia, whether as a colonial port, exporter of cotton, or tourist destination. The first commercial house below the bluff opened …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O6_doctortown_Jesup-GA.html
To the east of here on the Altamaha River was the site of Doctortown. The name may have been derived from a Muskogean Indian word, "Alekcha," purported to mean doctor. A Creek Indian, "Alleck" is belived to have lived there during the late 1700s. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2O5_the-defense-of-the-altamaha-bridge_Jesup-GA.html
On Dec 1, 1864, while General Sherman's army was on its destructive march to the Sea, the Fourth Brigade, Georgia Militia, Brig. Gen. H. K. McKay, reached Morgan's Lake (0.7 mile SE) to defend the Savannah and Gulf (ACL) RR bridge over the Altamah…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CF_birthplace-of-eighth-air-force_Savannah-GA.html
On 28 January 1942, the Eighth Air Force, was activated in the adjacent building, a National Guard Armory at the time. Having moved to England, the Eighth was ready on 17 August to test the theory that daylight bombing raids could be made with …