- Darien State Historical Marker
- Located on U.S. 17 on the northeastern end of the
Darien River bridge, Darien, Ga.
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- DARIEN
This is Darien, in the heart of
the historic Altamaha delta region. Settled in 1736, by Scottish
Highlanders under John McIntosh Mohr, it was named for the ill-fated
settlement on the isthmus of Panama. the first military parade
in Georgia was held in Darien, February 22, 1736, when Gen. James
Edward Oglethorpe reviewed the Highland Company in full regalia,
with claymores, side arms and targes. The Highland Company supported
Oglethorpe in all his campaigns, and won everlasting fame on
the field of Bloody Marsh. During the Revolution, Darien men
again came to the front -- Gen. Lachlan McIntosh, Col. Wm. McIntosh
and Col. John McIntosh were among the heroes of that War. In
1818 the City of Darien was chartered, and became the County
Seat. The Bank of Darien, chartered in 1818, was the strongest
Bank south of Philadelphia, with branches in 7 Georgia cities.
Huge mills sawed into lumber millions of feet of timber rafted
down the river. Darien was one of the great ports of the Eastern
Seaboard. It was burned in 1863 by northern troops stationed
on St. Simons's Island. Rebuilt in the 1870s, Darien again became
a great port, and the mills sawed lumber to be shipped all over
the world. Depletion of the forests brought this era to an end
in the early 1900s.
- 095-30 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
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