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.
Meetings & Events
Mark your
calendars: Nov. 7 Darien Fall Festival
The Darien
Fall Festival is just around the corner. We want to have a
presence at this event again this year and we need your help.
LAHS will have a tent and exhibits which gives us the
opportunity to have more people get to know about the great
programs and work which we do, and become members themselves.
We need volunteers to help greet folks who come by our tent.
This year Charlie Ouzts is leading the LAHS Fall Festival
committee and are asking for volunteers to fill four timeslots
on Saturday, Nov. 7 during the festival. The 4 time
slots are: 10:00-11:30,
11:30- 1:00, 1:00-3:00 and 3:00-5:00 Go
Here to Volunteer
September 17 - We hope
you will join us for our Annual
Meeting on Thursday, September 17, at 7:00 p.m. at Fort King
George. This year, we have a particularly interesting
program planned. Davis
Poole will
join us to share the fascinating history of theKit
Jones and
its connection to Sapelo Island, its residents, and the working
waterfront of McIntosh County. The Kit Jones is much more
than an old boat on display in Darien. Built on Sapelo Island in
the late 1930s, the vessel played an important role in the lives
of island residents before serving during World War II and later
becoming a research vessel supporting some of the earliest and
most significant marine science conducted along the Georgia
coast. Come learn more about this remarkable piece of our
local history and the many stories connected to the Kit Jones.
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.
