- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- First Pecan Trees Grown Here About 1840 historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Camden County
Pecan--Georgia
Nut trees--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Camden County, St. Marys, 30.73051, -81.54649
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in the 200 block of Weed Street, near Ready Street, St. Marys
Text of marker: "FIRST PECAN TREES GROWN HERE ABOUT 1840. Grown from pecan nuts found floating at sea by Capt. Samuel F. Flood and planted by his wife, nee Rebecca Grovenstine, on Block 47. The remainder of these nuts were planted by St. Joseph Sebastian Arnow in the north half of Block 26. These first plantings produced large and heavy-bearing trees, as did their nuts and shoots in turn. Taken from St. Marys to distant points throughout southeastern states they became famous before the Texas pecan was generally known. 020-4 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_first-pecan-trees-grown-here-about-1840
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_first-pecan-trees-grown-here-about-1840
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
