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Burnt Fort Satilla River timber landing
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittings
Buttons and buckles
Flint and stone toolsAlso reported: Spanish reales, musket balls, large cents, Seated silver, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), James St. John (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1755 outlaw colony, 1793 fort, 1840s-1917 timber port
Founded in 1755 as New Hanover, an outlaw settlement in the neutral ground that British officials burned in 1759, then a 1793 dragoon post, then a busy rafting terminal where Satilla pine was loaded onto ocean ships. The post office closed in 1917, a ferry ran until the 1920s, and the town faded in the mid 20th century.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
tidal river, snakes
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