During our trips the last few years, we’ve learned that population growth happens along its waterways. In coastal Georgia, one of these areas was along the Altamaha River that starts...

Every museum we walk through gives us more than one look at the history of an area; this is true at Fort King George State Historic Site. We’ll take a...

For 15 years, Fort King George (named after King George II), served as the southern outpost of the British Empire in North America (1721-1736). As far as we’re concerned, it’s...

We’ve known about Georgia planters who grew cotton on large plantations, but growing rice along the coast was new for us. On a narrow fringe of land between the saltwater...

Now we get to walk along the 1/4 mile path to the plantation home and some of its outbuildings. What do you think you’ll see? When I think of a...