St. Catherines Island




"St. Catherine's Island" redirects here. For other uses, see St. Catherine's Island, Tenby.












































St. Catherine's Island


U.S. National Register of Historic Places


U.S. National Historic Landmark District



St. Catherine's Island Salt Marsh.jpg
Salt marsh on the island





St. Catherines Island is located in Georgia (U.S. state)
St. Catherines Island



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St. Catherines Island is located in the US
St. Catherines Island



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Nearest city
South Newport, Georgia
Coordinates
31°37′50″N 81°9′36.5″W / 31.63056°N 81.160139°W / 31.63056; -81.160139Coordinates: 31°37′50″N 81°9′36.5″W / 31.63056°N 81.160139°W / 31.63056; -81.160139
Area
22,265 acres (90.10 km2)[2]
Built
1566
Architect
Multiple
NRHP reference #
69000332[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP
December 16, 1969
Designated NHLD
December 16, 1969[3]



A beach on the island


St. Catherines Island is one of the Golden Isles on the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia, 20 miles (80 km) south of Savannah in Liberty County. The island is ten miles (16 km) long and from one to three miles (5 km) wide, located between St. Catherine's Sound and Sapelo Sound. More than half of its 14,640 acres (59 km²) are tidal marsh and wetlands. About half of it is salt marshes, about a quarter is wooded, and it has "fine" beaches.[2] It is owned by the Saint Catherines Island Foundation and is not open to the public, aside from the beach below the high tide line.[2][4]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





History


The island has been inhabited for at least 4000 years, and was a Guale settlement by 1576. It was the site of the first Spanish outpost in Georgia.[citation needed] By 1587 it was the northernmost permanent Spanish outpost on the Atlantic Coast. Spanish colonies were planted as far north as Chesapeake Bay, but none lasted more than a year or two. During the 17th century, the mission of Santa Catalina de Guale, located on the island from 1602 to 1680, was the center of the Guale missionary province of Spanish Florida. David Hurst Thomas has focused on Spanish period mission archaeology on St. Catherine's Island. Currently, archaeology of the shell ring on St. Catherines Island is spearheaded by David Hurst Thomas and Matthew C. Sanger. Clark Spencer Larsen has also collaborated extensively with David Hurst Thomas to study the bioarchaeology and biocultural history of St. Catherines Island and the greater La Florida region.


In 1766 the island was leased by Button Gwinnett, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. It was run as a plantation for nearly a century, until the Civil War ended.


During the Civil War, the island was granted to the Freedmen's Bureau by Sherman's Special Field Orders No. 15. On the island, the agent Tunis Campbell established a government with schools.[5] He also established a militia that worked to keep white people off the island. In the Fall of 1865, after Congress repealed Sherman's Orders, African-American Union soldiers were sent to evict Campbell from his island, as he would not fire upon other blacks.


The 1893 Sea Islands Hurricane caused catastrophic destruction, sweeping seawater across the entire island. Only one person who remained on the island survived, and all buildings were destroyed.


In 1943 Edward John Noble bought the island. In 1968, ten years after his death, the island was transferred to the Edward J. Noble Foundation.


The island is now owned by the St. Catherines Island Foundation, and the island's interior is operated for charitable, scientific, literary, and educational purposes. The foundation aims to promote conservation of natural resources, the survival of endangered species, and the preservation of historic sites, and to expand human knowledge in the fields of ecology, botany, zoology, natural history, archaeology, and other scientific and educational disciplines. The island is involved with the conservation of the ring-tailed lemur. It was declared a National Historic Landmark (and automatically placed on the National Register of Historic Places) in 1969.[2][3]



See also



  • Mary Musgrove

  • Pedro Menéndez de Avilés

  • List of National Historic Landmarks in Georgia (U.S. state)

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Liberty County, Georgia



References





  1. ^ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ abcd John D. McDermott (July 9, 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: St. Catherine's Island; Guale; Santa Catalina; St. Catherine's Island (One of the Golden Isles)" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying five photos, from 1969 (32 KB)


  3. ^ ab "St. Catherine's Island". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-05-01.


  4. ^ http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/coast/central_coast/st_catherines_island.html


  5. ^ "History- Postbellum". St. Catherines Island.




External links



  • St Catherines Island


  • Human History of St. Catherines, from the website of the St. Catherines Sea Turtle Program


  • St. Catherine's Island, from the Sherpa Guides website

  • U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Saint Catherines Island


  • St. Catherines Island at the St. Catherines Island Sea Turtle Conservation Program













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