Historical Marker

Joel Chandler Harris in Savannah

Savannah · Chatham County · Erected 2003

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The Story

Before his Uncle Remus fame, Joel Chandler Harris was an editor at the Savannah Morning News in the 1870s, honing the humor that would shape his Atlanta career until yellow fever drove him inland.

About this site

Joel Chandler Harris in Savannah is a historical marker in Savannah, Chatham County, erected in 2003. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.0815, -81.0925 near Savannah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oglethorpe Bench (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Landing of Oglethorpe and the Colonists, This is Yamacraw Bluff, and Gen. Oglethorpe's Landing.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.0815, -81.0925 · Savannah, Chatham County

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