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Thursday, January 21, 2010

January - Sapelo Island, Cumberland Island National Seashore

Before leaving Brunswick GA, we take a ferry and tour Sapelo Island. We then continue our Journey with a stop at St. Mary's and the Cumberland Island National Seashore to see the wild horses.

Sapelo Island . Inhabitants are consist of an African-American community known as Gullah.   Reynolds had their Summer Cottage here (he was rejected by Jekyll Club because he was "New Money")
Dungeness on Cumberland Island, Georgia, is a ruined mansion that was the home of several families significant in American history. James Oglethorpe first built on Cumberland Island in 1736, building a hunting lodge that he named Dungeness.

In the 1880s the property was purchased by Thomas M. Carnegie, brother of Andrew Carnegie, who began to build a new mansion on the site. The 59-room Queen Anne style mansion and grounds were completed after Carnegie's death in 1886. His wife Lucy continued to live at Dungeness and built other estates for her children including, Greyfield for Margaret Carnegie, Plum Orchard for George Lauder Carnegie, and Stafford Plantation. By this time the Carnegies owned 90% of the island. The Carnegies moved out of Dungeness in 1925. In 1959 Dungeness was destroyed by fire, alleged to be arson. The ruins are today preserved by the National Park Service as part of Cumberland Island National Seashore. They were acquired by the Park Service in 1972.



Dolphins Follow the Ferry

Sapelo Island Lighthouse

RJ Reynolds Summer House  Can be reserved overnight for groups of 16-19 adults with a 2 night minimum all meals included.

Library

St. Mary's Harbor at Sunset

Cumberland Island Ferry

Dungeoness Mansion


Wild Horses



Live Oak Forest

Ranger Tour

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