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Long before Oglethorpe, the island the Spanish called Guadalquini held Guale and Mocama villages and two Spanish missions, until pirate raids destroyed them in the late 1600s. Native life here stretched back many centuries before Europeans arrived.
Early History of St. Simons Island is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.1339, -81.3936 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is The First Lighthouse ~ 1810 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Historic St. Simons Light Station, Fort St. Simons, and Keepers of the Light.
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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