Early Days of Coastal Georgia

by Margaret Davis Cate, Orrin Sage Wightman

Overview

Disappearing historic landmarks preserved for posterity…

Tabby houses—slave cabins—doorways and cemeteries that recall the history of the early settlers.

A story of the living past.

Visible evidence of coastal culture. The Military Era and the Plantation Era—its story and heroes…

Oglethorpe—the soldiers of Bloody Marsh—faithful Neptune…

Along the arc of the Georgia coast there is a chain of sea islands. Of these, Ossabaw, Saint Catherine’s, Sapelo, Saint Simons, Sea Island, Jekyll, and Cumberland are best known as the Golden Isles.

Early Days of Coastal Georgia, which was first published in 1955, presents some of their history, illustrated with vintage photos.

Beautifully illustrated throughout with photographs by Orrin Sage Wightman.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789125658
Publisher:	Papamoa Press
Publication date:	12/05/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	229
File size:	12 MB
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About the Author

MARGARET DAVIS CATE (1888-1961) was born in Brunswick, Georgia and lived her entire life in the Georgia coastal region. She chronicled its history and traditions in a body of work spanning a study of Georgia’s colonial records in London to the study of oral traditions and native crafts of the region’s African-Americans. Her interviews with and photographs of ex-slaves and their crafts remain an invaluable historical resource. Her efforts led to the designation of Fort Frederica as a national monument in 1947. She worked through the local chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution and United Daughters of the Confederacy. In addition to her work as a historian, Cate served as a teacher, school board member, postmistress, and planning and zoning committee member. She wrote numerous newspaper articles and delivered many lectures on the unique history and folklore of the Golden Isles. In 1956 she received the Georgia Writers’ Special Award. She remained active until suffering a stroke in 1961.

ORRIN SAGE WIGHTMAN (1873-1965) was born and raised in New York City. He received a B.A. (1895) and an M.D. from New York University (1898). An internist, he practiced medicine in New York City and was active lifelong in many medical organizations. During WWI, he served as a major in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. In 1917 went on an American Red Cross medical mission to Russia, where he photographed his activities, and in 1928 published Diary of an American Physician in the Russian Revolution in 1917. He traveled throughout the United States and Europe, and photographically documented these trips. He built the first seven cameras he owned and continued to be interested in photographic technology. He was a member of the Royal Photographic Society and an honorary member of the Photographic Society of America. In 1955, he published Early Days of Coastal Georgia, photographs of St. Simons Island and surrounding areas in Georgia.