A Small Town on a Sand Hill: Savannah in the Eighteenth Century

November 20, 2008

A presentation to the

Lower Altamaha Historical Society

 by Christy Crisp 

November 20, 2008

7:00 P.M. 

Fort King George Historic Site 

1600 Wayne Street 

Darien, Georgia

This presentation highlights the earliest years of Savannah's founding as the first British settlers worked to build a successful port city out of a lowcountry pine forest.  Focusing on Oglethorpe’s city plan and highlighting the collections of the Georgia Historical Society, the program also includes images of modern Savannah and reveals what can be learned about the colonial and early republic periods in an afternoon spent exploring downtown. Free and open to the public.