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Part of Jekyll Island's Wanderer Memory Trail, this marker honors the Gullah Geechee people, tracing how okra, peanuts, and rice carried across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans became cornerstones of Southern cooking.
Historical Marker
Food
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About this site
Food is a historical marker in Jekyll 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 31.0226, -81.4343 near Jekyll Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Memories of Home (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include A Life of Slavery, Taken From Africa, and <i>Wanderer</i> Memory Trail.
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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