Jekyll Island Jekyll Island Map showing the locale of Jekyll Island Map showing the locale of Jekyll Island Governing body Jekyll Island Authority Jekyll Island is positioned off the coast of the U.S.
It is one of the Sea Islands and one of the Golden Isles of Georgia barrier islands.
The island is also full of wildlife, consisting of many different mammals, reptiles, and birds living and breeding in the island's inland marshes.
1.3 Jekyll Island Club Historic District 2.5 The Jekyll Island Club 2.6 Development of the Jekyll Island Authority Jekyll Island is one of only four Georgia barrier islands that have a paved causeway to allow access from the mainland by car.
It has 5,700 acres (23 km2) of land, including 4,400 acres (18 km2) of solid earth and a 200-acre (0.81 km2) Jekyll Island Club Historic District.
The southern end of the island was virtually unused by pioneer and visitors until the 19 century when the army installed a gun mount on the southern end amid the Spanish American War that looked over St.
Homes and motels were assembled by the Jekyll Island Authority along the northern beaches of the island for use by whites, as Georgia had segregated facilities.
This picnic region on the ocean side of the island features plenty of picnic tables, a full bathroom with showers, and a boardwalk to traverse the 20-foot (6.1 m)-high dune ridge to the beach.
The boardwalk,recently repaired, can be accessed from the soccer complex at the south end of the Jekyll Island.
In 2008, the Jekyll Island History Museum, the Jekyll Island Authority, and the Friends of Historic Jekyll Island memorialized the survivors of the slave ship The Wanderer, the last ship documented to transport slaves to US territory. The ship was assembled in Setauket, New York as a pleasure boat, but it was acquired by Southerners who opposed the prohibition on the Atlantic slave trade. They had it converted in Angola to carry slaves. After a six-week voyage in which more than 100 slaves died, on November 28 of 1858, The Wanderer anchored near the southern portion of Jekyll Island.
Jekyll Island Club Historic District Jekyll Island Club Jekyll Island Club Hotel This includes most of the buildings erected amid the Jekyll Island Club era.
The centerpiece of the grounds is the large Jekyll Island Club Hotel, a two-winged structure that contains various suites for rental.
Tram tours originate from the Jekyll Island Museum positioned on Stable Road directly athwart from the historic district.
In the mid-2nd millennium, the island now known as Jekyll was part of a coastal Georgia Native American chiefdom called Guale.
In 1510 explorers from Spain were the first to make a colonial claim to Jekyll Island, naming it the name Isla De Ballenas (Whale Island).
No mission is known to have been established on Jekyll; however, the Spanish influenced the island from their mission on St.
He titled the island with respect to his friend, Sir Joseph Jekyll who had contributed 600 towards the beginning of the colony. For many years, including the "Club Era", the island was spelled as "Jekyl." By 1738 Horton had set up permanent residence on Jekyll Island, near what is now called Du - Bignon Creek.
Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island His property on Jekyll passed through many hands until, just before the year 1800, Christophe du Bignon acquired all of the property of the island.
Inland marshes of Jekyll Island On November 28, 1858, fifty years after the importation of slaves to the United States was prohibited, the ship The Wanderer landed on Jekyll Island with 465 slaves.
The Jekyll Island Club Jekyll Island Club When the United States entered World War II, it ordered the island evacuated for security purposes, ending the era of the Jekyll Island Club.
After the war in 1947, the State of Georgia bought the island.
Davison, Benjamin Strong, and Paul Warburg) appeared at the Jekyll Island Club to discuss monetary policy and the banking system.
They created the Federal Reserve amid this meeting. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the 1910 Jekyll Island meeting resulted in draft legislation for the creation of a U.S.
Development of the Jekyll Island Authority Thompson, the state of Georgia attained control of Jekyll Island on October 6, 1947, for $675,000.
However, by 1950, as costs associated with getting the island ready for tourists began to mount, the island was taken out of the state park system.
The Jekyll Island Authority was created in February 1950 under the direction of Governor Herman Talmadge.
Upon culmination of the six-year causeway universal and erection of the drawbridge on December 11, 1954, Jekyll Island officially re-opened for enhance use.
Some of the later assembly projects have encompassed the Soccer Complex, the Jekyll Island Tennis Center, gaining Historic District status and designation as a National Historic Landmark in 1978, and opening the Jekyll Island 4-H Center in 1983.
A once-per-day toll has been charged for a several decades to enter Jekyll Island.
Scenes from the films X-Men: First Class, Glory, The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Jekyll Island, and The View From Pompey's Head have been filmed on Jekyll Island.
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Condominium Hotel & Conference Center, Jekyll Island, GA see www.villasbythesearesort.com Jekyll Island Photo and Information Booklet Jekyll Island Museum & Jekyll Island Authority Jekyll Island's Early Years.
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The Jekyll Island Club: Southern Haven for America's Millionaires.
The Jekyll Island Museum and archives, Jekyll Island, Georgia Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Jekyll Island entry in the New Georgia Encyclopedia Jekyll Island Foundation Jekyll Island Official Home Page World Database on Protected Areas - Jekyll Island Website to save Jekyll Island Current news articles on evolution of Jekyll Island from blogspot.com Thompson and the Purchase of Jekyll Island historical marker "Titles with locations including Jekyll Island, Georgia, USA".
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