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St. Marys and Camden County (GA) (Images of America)
St Marys and Camden County - GA - Images of America Author:Patricia Barefoot, Patricia Barefoot Bounded on the north by the Little Satilla River from neighboring Glynn County and on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, Camden Countyís southern boundary at the St. Maryís River separates Georgia from Florida. Dating from a 1766 land grant, port of St. Maryís and Camden County have faced a challenging past, present, and future. Camdenís growth and... more » development have been driven by businessmen, adventurers and opportunists, determined ìwild swamp Crackers,î and hardy, self-reliant, God-fearing men and women. ÝÝAccompanied by Jonathan Bryan, a planter with an insatiable appetite for virgin tracts of land, Georgiaís third and last Royal Governor James Wright visited Buttermilk Bluff in June 1767 and envisioned a city. St. Maryís was born, and its street names reflect the surnames of the 20 founding fathers. While the county seat was removed from a quaint St. Marys on more than one occasion, today, the garden spot of Woodbine serves as the seat of county government. Formerly the rice plantation of J.K. Bedell, this small city shares a symbiotic relationship with port of St. Maryís and the ìCity of Royal Treatmentî at Kingsland. The history of the county, with its three main towns as well as the outlying, rural areas, unfolds in striking photographs from days gone by. Preserved within the pages of this treasured volume, images reveal Camden and its people in times of tragedy and triumph. ÝÝ« less