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An attempted murder, a Spanish Governor’s revenge, German U-boat attacks and millionaires club that shaped the history of Georgia’s largest state park — Jekyll Island
Before it became a millionaire’s retreat and before U-boats prowled its shores during World War II, Jekyll Island began as a gift — an honor bestowed by James Oglethorpe upon one of Britain’s most principled and peculiar political minds: Sir Joseph Jekyll. A fiery Whig reformer, Jekyll spent four decades fighting corruption in Parliament, championing sobriety to the point of needing personal security, and helping bankroll Oglethorpe’s fledgling Georgia colony. His reward? A slice of untamed coastal wilderness in the New World that would one day bear his name.
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By Thornton Kennedy and James M. Ottley
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Before it became a millionaire’s retreat and before U-boats prowled its shores during World War II, Jekyll Island began as a gift — an honor bestowed by James Oglethorpe upon one of Britain’s most principled and peculiar political minds: Sir Joseph Jekyll. A fiery Whig reformer, Jekyll spent four decades fighting corruption in Parliament, championing sobriety to the point of needing personal security, and helping bankroll Oglethorpe’s fledgling Georgia colony. His reward? A slice of untamed coastal wilderness in the New World that would one day bear his name.
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