Please go to Membership to join LAHS or pay annual dues.
Our
Archives Collection of McIntosh County history records is available
for you to review by contacting Paul Nix at (770) 378-7268.
The Archives page
gives some detailed information on what records are available at
our
Archives Building located at Fort King George.
Upcoming Meeting
Programs
On
September 18,
the Lower Altamaha Historical Society will host Suzanne Forsyth and
Virginia Baisden who will present a program on the life of Captain
Georgia Smith.Born in 1875 near Eulonia, GA,
Captain Smith was the first African American woman to obtain a US
Coast Guard captain’s license.She built and operated her own
small store at the age of 10 selling peanut brittle and snuff and
went on to operate her own commercial vessel, the EvaG, taking cargo
all up and down the Atlantic coast.
As
a woman of color from McIntosh County she was a trailblazer and a
true Renaissance woman with skills in many areas. Articles about her
appeared in newspapers in Macon and Atlanta. Suzanne and Virginia
will share details about Georgia Smith’s life and times, along with
some family history and photos of the era. There’s a strong history
of commercial boating in our waters and this program highlights that
tradition and the fascinating people who made it their life’s work.
After her death in 1945 her story went essentially untold until
today and we are fortunate that this story about a most remarkable
woman and daughter of McIntosh County will again be able to be
shared thanks to the work of Suzanne Forsyth, Virginia Baisden and
their family.
The program
will be presented by the Lower Altamaha Historical Society at 7pm on
Thursday, September18 in the meeting room at Fort King George
Historical Site in Darien, GA.Everyone is welcome.
OCTOBER 16 - In October
we will hear about work being done to create a Maritime Education
Center here in Darien. The vision is for a regional educational
center to highlight and support the many ways in which our proximity
to the Altamaha and Atlantic have shaped our history, nourished our
economy, and added to the scientific knowledge of this remarkable
ecosystem. But that is not all. Join us on October 16 to hear more
about the work being done to bring this vision to reality.
Upcoming Field trips(from Zach Crumpler - LAHS Field Trips Director)
TBD
About the Lower Altamaha
Historical Society:
The
mission of the Lower Altamaha Historic Society is to preserve and
disseminate the history of McIntosh County. One of the primary missions
of the Lower Altamaha Historical Society from its inception was, and
continues to be, the support of the Fort King George State Historic Site
near Darien, scene of the earliest English fortification in Georgia.
LAHS, utilizing grant funds provided by the City of Darien, has
expedited the preparation and installation of several state historic
markers in the community, the most recent being the marker to the
Enslaved at Butler Island in 2019.
