- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Okefenokee Swamp historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Ware County
Okefenokee Swamp (Ga. and Fla.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Ware County, Waycross, 31.21368, -82.3557
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 1/U.S. 23 at U.S. 84 junction in south edge of Waycross
Text of marker: "OKEFENOKEE SWAMP 13 mi. Okefenokee Swamp, 400,000 acres of waterways, swamp prairies and floating islands is a region of many legends. Here DeSoto's men told of trees that turned to warriors, Indians hunted and fished in its fastnesses and fled to safety on its islands from raids on south Georgia settlers. Now the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge is a sanctuary for plant and animal life. The Seminole Indians named the swamp Okefenokee or "Land of Trembling Earth" for the islands, built on networks of roots, leaves and soil, that tremble at a footstep. 148-3 Georgia Historical Commission 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_okefenokee-swamp2
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_okefenokee-swamp2
- 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:
-
