Bryan

Richmond Hill, GA

DEAD TOWN" OF HARDWICKE 8 mi. On May 10, 1754, GEORGE TOWN was established at the "Elbow" of Great Ogeechee River, eight miles east.

Richmond Hill, GA

BLUE STAR MEMORIAL. A tribute to the Armed Forces that have defended the United States of America.

Pembroke, GA

BRYAN COUNTY. This County created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 19, 1793, is named for Jonathan Bryan, Revolutionary patriot and member...

Pembroke, GA

BRYAN COUNTY. Named for the honorable Jonothan Bryan, Esq.

Richmond Hill, GA

BRYAN NECK MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

Bryan Neck Presbyterian Church.

Richmond Hill, GA

BURNT CHURCH CEMETERY.

Richmond Hill, GA

CANAAN CHURCH. This congregation of the Canaan Baptist Church, primarily African-American, was organized in 1913 by Rev. David Boles,...

CAPT. JOHN McCRADY Designer of Fort McAllister.

CAPT. NICHOLAS CLINCH.

CHEVES' RICE MILL. From the roof of Cheves' rice mill (2 1/2 miles across the Ogeechee in the direction of the arrow) General Sherman and...

COLUMBIAD. This replica of a coast defence cannon known as the columbiad was manufactured, 1964, by Savannah Machine and Foundry Company...

Richmond Hill, GA

COMMUNITY HOUSE. Outside of their expansive home on the Ogeechee River, this is the single most imposing structure built by Henry and...

CONFEDERATE LAND MINES.

Richmond Hill, GA

COURTHOUSE ANNEX. This wood-frame structure, situated on a site known since the creation of Bryan County in 1793 as "the Crossroads", was...

DAMAGE FROM NAVAL BOMBARDMENTS.

DESTRUCTION OF THE C.S.S. NASHVILLE.

FORT ARGYLE. Near here, on the West bank of the Ogeechee River, Fort Argyle was built in 1733, to command one of the main passes by which...

Richmond Hill, GA

FORT McALLISTER 10 mi. Situated at Genesis Point, 10 miles east on the right bank of the Great Ogeechee River below the "lost town" of...

FORT McALLISTER THE ASSAULT FROM THE REAR.

FORT MCALLISTER THE NAVAL BOMBARDMENTS.

FORT MCALLISTER 4.5 mi. East 4.5 miles, on Great Ogeechee River, Fort McAllister was built 1861-62 to guard the "back door" to Savannah.

GEORGE W. McALLISTER.

GUALE VILLAGE AT SEVEN-MILE BEND.

HARDWICKE. This site on the Great Ogeechee, 14 miles from the Atlantic, was selected in 1755 by Governor John Reynolds for the capital of...

HAZEN'S DIVISION AT THE CANOOCHEE RIVER.

HENRY FORD AT RICHMOND HILL.

HOT SHOT FURNACE. The hot shot oven was used to heat cannonballs red hot to set fire to attacking wooden vessels.

J.F. GREGORY. For nearly 20 years, J.F. (Jack) Gregory was the general manager and superintendent for all of Henry Ford's various...

JENCKS BRIDGE. On Nov. 15, 1864, after destroying Atlanta and cutting his communications with the North, Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, USA,...

KILPATRICK ON BRYAN NECK.

Richmond Hill, GA

KINDERGARTEN BUILDING.

MACHINERY FROM THE C.S.S. NASHVILLE.

MAJOR JOHN B. GALLIE.

Richmond Hill, GA

MARTHA-MARY CHAPEL. Henry and Clara Ford had this chapel built in 1937 near the Community House and the Ways Station School.

Pembroke, GA

OLD CITY JAIL. Built in 1912, this structure was originally a simple one-room brick cube with barred windows an an armored door.

Blitchton, GA

OLD RIVER ROAD. The highway northward is the Old River road, one of the earliest routes west of the Ogeechee and a leading way from...

Fort McAllister Text of markers: "POSITION OF THE MONITORS.

Richmond Hill, GA

RICE CULTIVATION ON THE OGEECHEE RIVER.

Richmond Hill, GA

RICHARD JAMES ARNOLD.

SHERMAN'S RIGHT WING.

SINKING OF THE CSS "NASHVILLE (RATTLESNAKE)".

Richmond Hill, GA

THE "BOTTOM" VILLAGE.

THE CLAY FAMILY OF BRYAN NECK.

TOM CAT Garrison Mascot.

WAYS STATION. In 1856, the Savannah, Albany & Gulf R.R. was built across the nearby Ogeechee River into Bryan County.