Fort King George State Historic Site
(Darien, GA)
Fort King George was an old English fort built in 1721 on the coast of Georgia near the Altamaha River as a defense against other colonial empires looking to lay claim to the region. It housed a small garrison of soldiers under the harsh conditions of heat, humidity, and black flies that the region brings with it. Covered later by sawmills, when the site was rediscovered in the twentieth century, it was carefully recreated with traditional methods to stand as a showcase of that era of American and Georgia history.
