Monthly Archives: June 2019
Jekyll Island has a rich history as one of Georgia’s barrier islands. It is probably remembered best in connection with the founding of the 13th Colony in 1733 when Major Horton, second in command to Gen. Oglethorpe, settled on the island and supplied the troops of Fort Frederica (Saint Simons Island). Others may know the island’s more recent history from the Jekyll Island Club, founded by America’s wealthiest in 1886, who called the island their own private winter retreat until…..
Welcome to my blog page! This is the first blog of many to come, all focusing on different aspects of research, documenting, and writing. Yet all will focus on the content of my first historic non-fiction book “From Millionaires to Commoners-The History of Jekyll Island State Park” Let’s start by asking the question of why the book is divided into two separate and distinct parts. Is it because by doing so the readers get a clean break? Or is it…..
