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Another home site and his trade.
Artifacts from the candle maker's homme.
Foundation for the candle makers home.
Another foundation
A display at the end of Broad Street.
A drawing of the fort, built on the river bank at the end of Broad Street.
Remains of the fort overlooking the river.
A drawing of the troop barracks.
The remains of the barracks.
Each home site was a 60x90 foot plot. Room for a home and a personal garden. Larger crops were grown outside
the town walls. Garden experts assumed the settlers grew squash, greens and herbs as basil, catmint, peppermint,
rosemary, thyme, dill, lavender and parsley. A sample garden near the visitors center.
Old burial grounds for the town; those buried here are unknown. A display states that noted clergymen
John and Charles Wesley presided at funerals here.
A Fort St. Simons also existed on the southern tip of the island. Fort Federica and the townsite were on the
western edge and north of the midpoint of the island. In 1738 the settlers built a road to the fort in three
days, all for a round of drinks. In 1742 the Spanish used this road in attempt to attack the settlement. The
settlers and troops received word, attacked and defeated the Spanish along the way.
Picture Set [1], [2]
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