Historic Resource Study, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia and Historical Structure Report, Historical Data Section of the Dungeness Area
Torres L. 1977. Historic Resource Study, Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia and Historical Structure Report, Historical Data Section of the Dungeness Area. Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, Historic Preservation Division. Denver, Colorado
The recorded history of Cumberland Island spans a very wide period of time from about 1560 to the present. The Spanish were the first to occupy the island. The English then inhabited it when the Georgia Colony was created. As part of the State of Georgia, the island was later occupied by plantation owners, primary among whom were the heirs and descendants of Major General Nathanael Greene. Finally, in later years, most of the island became the property of the Carnegie family, until Cumberland Island National Seashore was created in 1972. The island had been extensively used for military purposes during war and peace. This history of Cumberland Island represents a combined historic resource study and historic structure report. The historic resource study of Cumberland Island forms part one of the report, and the historic structure report of the Dungeness Area forms part two of the report. Because of the interrelationship, these otherwise separate reports are combined into one study.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Torres, Louis
- Date of Issue
- 1977-10
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Denver Service Center, Historic Preservation Division
- Units
- CUIS , HIST , SER
- Keywords
- antebellum, archeology, Carnegie, Cemeteries, Civil War, Cultural Resources, Cumberland Island, Dungeness Area, Dungeness Historic District, ehistory, English, fort, History, industry, Lighthouses, Nathanael Greene, outbuildings, plantation, recreation, Revolution, sea island cotton, slave quarters, slavery, Spanish, tabby house, timber, Timucuan, War of 1812