2021 quick trips – part 9: Jekyll Island’s heyday
During its heyday, Jekyll Island was the winter home for the rich and famous who lived in cold northern states and the year-round home for those hired to take care...
2021 quick trips – part 10: Jekyll Island’s inhabitants over the years
Over thousands of years, population groups who lived on Jekyll Island either fit in with the land or reacted to changes that came their way. How these different groups lived...
2021 quick trips – part 11: modern day Spanish Fort and nearby Daphne on Mobile Bay
Our second “quick trip” of 2021 took us to southern Alabama to get warm(er). We camped close to the town of Blakeley that no longer exists (more about that in...
2021 quick trips – part 12: Blakely, a town in memory only
The town of Blakeley originally was a riverside trading center founded in 1814. At its height, it was one of Alabama’s largest cities; today all that remains is glimpses and...
2021 quick trips – part 13: Fort Blakeley, when is a fort not a fort?
When you think of a fort from the late 1800s, what does it look like to you? I see a 4-sided wooden structure made of vertical logs with a large...