Dungenss Ruins I Cumberland Island Georgia is a photograph by Dawna Moore Photography which was uploaded on March 19th, 2015.
Dungenss Ruins I Cumberland Island Georgia
English Gen. James Oglethorpe arrived at the Georgia coast in 1733. The name of Cumberland Island was given by a young Timucuan named Toonahowi, (the... more
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Dungenss Ruins I Cumberland Island Georgia
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Dawna Moore Photography
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Photograph - Nature And Travel Photography
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"English Gen. James Oglethorpe arrived at the Georgia coast in 1733. The name of Cumberland Island was given by a young Timucuan named Toonahowi, (the nephew of Chief Tomochichi who visited England with Oglethorpe.) He suggested the island be named for William Augustus, the 13-year old Duke of Cumberland.
Oglethorpe established a hunting lodge he called Dungeness, named after a headland in Kent, England. A fort was erected at the southern point of the island called Fort William. At the northern end of the island, Oglethorpe built Fort St. Andrews, and for a decade a small village named Berrimacke existed near the fort. The forts were built to defend English settlements to the north from the Spanish in Florida." (brownsguide.com)
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