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From these towering live oaks came the storm-hardened timber for 'Old Ironsides' and the first U.S. Navy; decades later the bluff's mills shipped lumber north for the Brooklyn Bridge.
Historical Marker
Gascoigne Bluff (marker-13415)
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About this site
Gascoigne Bluff is a historical marker in St. Simons Island, Glynn County, erected in 1956. 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 31.1658, -81.4100 near St. Simons Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Captain Gascoigne (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hamilton Plantation, Gascoigne Bluff, and Cassina Garden Club Houses.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
Also at or near St. Simons Island, Glynn County
“Gascoigne Bluff” names 2 distinct records in Glynn County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1956 in St. Simons Island. The others:
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