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Royal Governor John Reynolds chose this Ogeechee River bluff in 1755 for a planned new capital, naming it for the Earl of Hardwicke. Britain never funded the scheme, the capital stayed at Savannah, and Hardwicke withered into one of Georgia's storied dead towns.
Hardwicke is a historical marker in Richmond Hill, Bryan County, erected in 1968. It is one of 35 historical markers documented in Bryan County, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.8830, -81.2301 near Richmond Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort McAllister II (battlefield), about 1.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Machinery From The C.S.S. Nashville, Antonio J. Waring, Jr. M.D., and Destruction of the C.S.S. Nashville.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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