Category Archives: Coastal Georgia and South Carolina

Not Your Average Rodent: Pocket Gophers in Georgia —

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Alice DeForest

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Mount Pleasant, Circa 1830, Effingham County —

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Alice DeForest

This home was built by John Gindrat Morel (1808-1871) and surely took its name from the nearby Uchee Indian settlement and English trading post known as Mt. Pleasant, on a high bluff of the Savannah River. One of Georgia’s earliest … Continue reading →

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Mizpah United Methodist Church, 1859, Effingham County —

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Alice DeForest

From the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church: In the late 1850s, Dr. Ayer from Rome came to the community to visit his daughter, Mrs. Anderson P. Longstreet, who lived in the community. There was no Methodist church … Continue reading →

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Echo Square-Savannah-Hello Hello —

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Alice DeForest

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Georgia Fishing Report: December 13, 2019 —

Posted on December 14, 2019 by Alice DeForest

Rainy weekend Continue reading →

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Georgia Fishing Report: November 22, 2019 —

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Alice DeForest

Thankful. So thankful. I hope as this week draws to a close and Thanksgiving Week begins, that you have the time to stop (even briefly) and enjoy it. I hope it brings together family and friends, and (of course) food. … Continue reading →

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Savannah River-Tuckasee King Landing

Posted on November 22, 2019 by Alice DeForest

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Andersonville National Cemetery — Vanishing South Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown

Posted on November 12, 2019 by Alice DeForest

One of fourteen National Cemeteries administered by the National Park Service, Andersonville is still open for burials today. Few places will put into perspective the human cost of war more than the burial place of so many who paid the … Continue reading →

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New Hope A. M. E. Church, 1885, Guyton — Vanishing South Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown

Posted on October 24, 2019 by Alice DeForest

Celebrating its sesquicentennial this year, New Hope A. M. E. Church was founded by former slaves on 4 August 1869. It’s the oldest black church in Guyton and among the oldest A. M. E. congregations in Southeast Georgia. The original … Continue reading →

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Stoney-Barnard Tabby Ruins —

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Alice DeForest

Coastal South Carolina Planation House Tabby Ruins Continue reading →

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