- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Okefenokee Swamp historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clinch County
Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clinch County, 30.91495, -82.70624
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Junction of U.S. 441/Ga. 89 and Ga. 94 south of Fargo
Text of marker: "OKEFENOKEE SWAMP 10 mi. Okefenokee, "Land of Trembling Earth", was named by its early inhabitants, the Seminole Indians. Acquired by the Federal Government in 1937 for a national wildlife refuge, its more than 600 square miles make it the largest preserved swampland in the country. Fed by rain, small streams and springs, the swamp is 110 to 130 feet above sea level. The pure fresh water of the Okefenoke forms the headwaters of the St. Marys and Suwanee Rivers. The St. Marys flows into the Atlantic Ocean and the Suwanee, immortalized by Stephen Collins Foster, flows into the Gulf of Mexico. 032-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_okefenokee-swamp1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_okefenokee-swamp1
- 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:
-
