{"1": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2477", "width": "2243", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "^^fc /Jfe ^..N^ 4^5 X/ v /M\\no:^\\n./v\\ni", "height": "2411", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": ".0-\\n:.y \\\\:m^.\\\\/ \\\\W V-^^ /I", "height": "2411", "width": "2308", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2411", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2411", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "2411", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "Ill\\nFEB 8 ie39\\n3-3\\nSAVAN HAH\\nE. H. HINTON, TiWFFlc Ma\\nSavannah Line.", "height": "2411", "width": "2172", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "tTHE\\n1ATTHE.W\\nI^DRTHRUP\\ne;iRT=PPifiL!! 28499", "height": "2411", "width": "2215", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "Compliments of OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF SAVANNAH.\\nSAVANNAH! The musical syllables of the word\\nitself bring irresistible visions of the vanished race\\nof the Red Man, with their eloquent speech, one\\nword of which conveys so much, and this vision were\\nincomplete without its accompanying background of the\\nforest primeval, the murmuring pines and the hemlocks,\\nswift-flowing rivers, low, level lands the savannas sloping\\ntoward the sea, luxuriant semi-tropical undergrowth, the\\nspiked palmetto and the stately Spanish dagger, with its\\nbell-like blossom, the grey, moss-covered live oaks, which\\nstand, like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their\\nbosoms, all of which form a part of the natural panorama\\nwhich unrolled itself before the eager eyes of Gen. James\\nOglethorpe when, in the beautiful springtime of 1733, he\\nand his few compatriots (121 in number) slowly drifted\\nup the Savannah River, seeking for a suitable point to\\nland, and to found the Colony of Georgia, for which a\\ncharter had been granted by His Majesty, George II., on\\nJune 9, 1732.\\nNo thought of personal gain, nor comfort, nor expediency,\\ninfluenced the settlement of Georgia, the only motives being\\nthe promptings of the purest philanthropy it being desired\\nto find a home to relieve the over-full debtor prisons of\\nEngland, and to bring a haven of peace within reach of the\\npersecuted debtors themselves.\\nThe phenomenal success of the undertaking, the com-\\nparatively few vicissitudes which met the colonists, seemed\\nan earnest of the future prosperity of the State and only\\nthose who have visited the charming city of Savannah can\\nrealize how strangely Gen. James Oglethorpe seems to have\\nbeen endowed with the gift of prophecy, when, from the rude\\nsettlement of 1733, his imagination (according to his\\nbiographer, Wright) depicted a populous city, with large\\nsquares for markets and other public purposes in every\\nquarter, wide, regular streets crossing each other at right\\nangles, and shaded by rows of noble trees. The forty\\nrough, wooden houses, the best of which then served as\\na place of worship and as a school for the children, would", "height": "2411", "width": "2215", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "give way to durable and stately abodes, and above the foli-\\nage would arise the towers and domes of many churches.\\nIt is to be remarked that the same general plan con-\\nceived in the imagination of the founder of Savannah has\\nbeen, to a great extent, carried out by his descendants,\\nand the Savannah of to-day stands as though by some\\nmagic touch the dream of Gen. Oglethorpe had taken\\ntangible shape, and from the mist of fancy had arisen the\\nmaterial fabric of fact.\\nIn the numerous miniature parks which form so notice-\\nable a feature of Savannah we find the consummation of\\nthe original plan and also in the numerous churches, the\\ntowers and domes of which actually do rise above the\\nfoliage of the parks; the denseness of this foliage, the\\nage and size of the giant oaks, giving to the town its\\nsobriquet of the Forest City.\\nThe religious liberty which characterized the settlement\\nof Georgia may account for the numerous and diversified\\nplaces of worship which form so attractive a feature of\\nthe city to-day. John Wesley was among the earliest\\nsettlers in the province, and he records that on Sunday,\\nApril 9, 1736. he preached his first sermon on the Ameri-\\ncan Continent in the Court House of Savannah, and tradi-\\ntion points to the site of this building as being where a\\nlarge paint shop now stands in Whitaker and York streets.\\nIt is difficult to disassociate the Savannah of the past\\nfrom the city of the present, so closely does the one seem\\nallied with the other and the historic events which have\\ncharacterized the early settlement have been commemo-\\nrated by the erection of numerous monuments, which tes-\\ntify to the gratitude and affection of the people for their\\nhistorical heroes and benefactors.\\nA walk along the principal street of the city (Bull\\nStreet, named after Col. Wm. Bull, a Charleston Engineer\\nsent over by the Governor of South Carolina to aid Gen.\\nOglethorpe in the plan of the town) is full of interest to\\nthe visitor, for with every few steps comes some reminder\\nof the past side by side with some striking evidence of\\nthe progress of the present.\\nLet us take The Bay as a starting point, and turn our\\nfaces toward beautiful Forsyth Park, at the further edge\\nof the city. The Bay was the term used to designate\\nBay Street in the early days, and was no doubt adopted\\nbecause of the fact that the street directly faces the\\nSavannah River, running parallel with it, and, although\\nthere is no bay near, the river was, and is, the harbor for\\nthe shipping, and the appropriateness of calling it the\\nBay has doubtless caused the name to cling to that\\nlocality to this day.", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "Throughout the entire walk\\nfrom The Bay to the park, a\\ndistance of about a mile and a\\nhalf, we will find many objects of\\ninterest. Bay Street itself repre-\\nsents the largest commercial cen- J^\\nter of the city, and a glance vJa\\naround at the busy shipping in the\\nriver, the large and splendidly\\nequipped freight and passenger\\nsteamers, with their precious car-\\ngoes, the towering wholesale estab-\\nlishments, and the many signs of\\nfinancial prosperity, combine to\\nconvince us of the fact that Savan-\\nnah enjoys the distinction of\\nbeing the largest naval stores\\nstation in the world, the\\nV STREET AND SAVAN-\\nBIVER PROM CITY\\nEXCHANGE.\\n2?\u00c2\u00abi^^^:^K^l^\\nthird cotton port in America, and\\nthe headquarters of the greatest\\nrailroad and steamship transportation\\nsystems in the South.\\nYet the waves of advancement\\nand of nineteenth-century progress\\nhave not swept away old landmarks\\nor old recollections, for it is difficult\\nto imagine an American city of to-\\nday which presents so many abso-\\nlutely unique features as does Sa-\\nvannah. Many of the old colonial\\nhouses still remain intact, and are\\noccupied by the direct descendants\\nof the original owners.", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "The first object of note that attracts the stranger after\\nleaving The Bay is Johnson Square, in which is located\\nthe Greene Monument, which was erected in 1829. It is a\\ntall, plain shaft resting on a granite base, and was erected in\\nmemory of Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who was second in\\ncommand under Washington, and who was identified with\\nGeorgia and Savannah, by a donation from Georgia of a\\nvaluable tract of land, in recognition of his dis-\\ntinguished service and heroic patriotism\\nThe plain and unornamented style of\\nthis monument is used to carry out the\\ndesign of a Roman sword which it\\nwas built to represent.\\nGen. Greene lived for many\\nyears in Savannah, and his\\nhome is a most imposing one\\nIt was in after years chosen by\\nGen. Sherman for his head-\\nquarters when he reached\\nSavannah, the objective point of his famous March from\\nAtlanta to the sea.\\nGen. Greene died and was buried in Savannah.\\nThe important part that Savannah played in the War of\\nthe Revolution is well known. The siege of the city by the\\nAmerican forces against the Royalists during nine months\\nthat the latter held it, and\\nultimate rescue\\nof its loyal\\nAmericans con-\\nfined within the\\nwalls, by the French\\nfleet under D Estaing,\\nafter what was, next to\\nBunker Hill, the bloodiest\\nbattle of the entire cam-\\npaign, is a stirring inci-\\ndent of that period.\\nThe most conspicuous\\nfigure on that eventful\\nday was that of Pulaski,\\na noble Pole, who, on his\\nblack charger, again and", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "again pressed to the front, to re-animate tiie flagging\\nFrench troops. He fell during this fierce fight, and to-day\\nthere stands a monument to his memory, erected in Mon-\\nterey Square, in the shadow of the homes he defended.\\nand among the descendants for whom he gave his life.\\nIn Madison Square we come to the monument of\\nanother Revolutionary hero, that of Sergeant William Jas-\\nper, which was unveiled in 1888, with most impressive\\nceremonies. President Cleveland and his party attending, as\\nwell as the local officials and dignitaries. The man who\\nhas been thus honored by the city which he loved and\\ni served, and whose memory is cherished after a century has\\npassed, was of no high military rank, although he refused\\nadvancement which was twice offered him, pleading igno-\\nrance of the duties of a higher office, yet he evidenced his\\npossession of those attributes which mark their own patent\\nof nobility.\\nThree acts of Sergeant Jasper s life entitle him to the\\neverlasting homage of Americans. One was when the\\nBritish were attacking Fort Moultrie, on Sullivan s Island, in\\nCharleston Harbor, the flag staff of the Americans was shot\\ndown, and, on seeing his country s colors lying outside the\\nworks, this gallant hero sprang from the parapet, shouting to\\nCol. Moultrie, Don t let us fight without a flag. Colonel,\\nand in the face of the enemy s steady fire, he succeeded in\\nrescuing the flag and bearing it back to its proud position on\\nthe rampart. During the same campaign Sergeant Jasper\\nexecuted a feat of daring, which seems like some romance,\\nwhen he and a single companion, Sergeant Newton, at the\\nJASPER MONUMENT\\nJOHN S CHURCH MADISON SQUARE.", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "solicitation of a woman, whose husband was taken prisoner\\nby the British, captured the guard of British soldiers, while\\nthey were drinking at a spring near the city limits of\\nSavannah, and rescued the prisoner. This spring was still\\nflowing a few years ago, and even though its waters no\\nlonger refresh the weary traveler, yet the recollection of\\nthat deed of valor makes the scene of its enactment of\\nmuch interest, and pilgrimages to Jasper Spring are\\nnot infrequent. Only once more was Sergeant Jasper\\npermitted to prostrate himself upon the altar of his\\ncountry s liberty, when, in the famous siege of Savannah,\\nin 1779, he, like Pulaski, gave up his life, how willingly\\nand eagerly we can well judge from the record of his\\npast efforts.\\nThese monuments are situated in Bull Street, as is also\\nthe Gordon Monument, erected to the memory of W. W.\\nGordon, the inscription on which tells its own story, and the\\ntribute to this man s memory shows that the Savannahians\\ncan do honor to their heroes of peace as well as to those of\\nwar and which further testifies to the grateful homage\\ngiven to the memory of this famous pioneer of the rail-\\nroad interests in Georgia for to Mr. Gordon belongs the\\nglory of conceiving the original plan of that most important\\ndeveloper of the resources of the State The Central of\\nGeorgia Railway.", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "Again, Capt. Tatnall makes himself conspicuous by the\\ndash and valor with which he aided our EngHsh cousins in\\nthe capture of Hongkong, and when subsequently called to\\naccount by his home Government for his violation of the\\nprinciple of neutrality, his answer was embodied in that\\nhomely and epigramatic phrase, Blood is thicker than\\nwater This laconic reply has made him famous on both\\nits solemn shades into the uses of a cemetery, and\\nfor this purpose it is used to-day, and the sacred asso-\\nciations connected with it must ever render it an object\\nof deep interest to which its natural beauty so materi-\\nally adds.\\nIn commenting on the points of interest which still\\nremain in and around Savannah as tangible evidences of\\nthe Civil War we must not overlook\\nFort Pulaski which is situated on\\nCockspur Island fourteen miles from\\nthe city and which is named after\\nBrig Gen Count Pulaski The\\nsite of this fort was selected by\\nMaj Babcock U S Corps of\\nEngineers and the work begun\\nin 1831 The building\\nSS*t^\\nbides of the continent\\nwherever Anglo Saxon prog\\nress and prowess are cherished\\nas a common heritage This maxim\\nmay well have been Capt Tatnall s\\nmotto for when his own beloved State\\nof Georgia seceded in the late unfor\\ntunate conflict between the States he\\nresigned his commission in the navy,\\nand cast his lot with his own kith and kin\\nperiod of the Civil War it was he who commanded the\\nMerrimac and destroyed her to avoid her capture.\\nThe home of this distinguished family passed by pur-\\nchase into the hands of Capt. Peter Waltberger. It had\\nlong been this gentleman s cherished plan to convert\\nwas erected to command both channels of the river at the\\nhead of Tybee roads. Sixteen years passed before its\\nmassive walls rose to completion. In 1861, it became\\nknown that Governor Brown had ordered the seizure and\\noccupation of Fort Pulaski by the military under Col. A. R.\\nLawton. The fall of this fort in 1862, during the second", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "memorable siege to which the city has\\nbeen subjected, is a matter of historic\\nrecord.\\nBut its grey old walls still stand, and,\\nthough it is a useless structure for any\\npurpose of defense to-day, yet perhaps\\nit still subserves some purpose if only to\\naccentuate the progress made in more\\nmodern fortifications, for a short dis-\\ntance from the old fort stand the walls\\nof a new one which the United States\\nGovernment has recently completed to\\nguard the approach to Savannah, a point\\nthe importance of which is clearly proven\\nby the fact that, in the brief history of\\nour country, it has been twice assailed\\nby besieging armies.\\nIn reviewing the military defenses of\\nthe city one is naturally led to consider\\nthe militia organizations, of which the city is justly proud.\\ngun fired in the Confederacy to the Spanish -American\\nWar of the immediate present. They occupy\\none of the handsomest armories in the South.\\nThe Savannah Volunteer Guards is the old\\nest infantry corps in Georgia, and was organi-\\nzed in 1 802. This company is still most promi-\\nnent in military as well as in social circles, and\\nits members have responded nobly to every\\ncall of the city for volunteers, from the first", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "i^WM\\\\\\\\l(fM^^ ^^^i^/^^s^^\\nSince the War, Savannah, like\\nevery Southern city, has seen vast\\nchanges, and it may truthfully be\\nsaid that each one is for the\\nbetter and higher development of\\nthe town.\\nYet there still remain in and\\naround the city many relics of\\nante-bellum days, which have\\nAnother monument of interest to\\nthe visitor is the one in Forsyth\\nPark, erected to the memory of the\\nConfederate soldiers who fell in the\\nCivil War and this is no mere\\ntribute to bravery that is past, to\\nheroism which shines through the\\nmist of years, or to mental force or\\nforesight, but is a distinct personal\\ntribute to the fathers, the husbands,\\nthe sons, who fell in defense of a prin-\\nciple, and who, despite defeat, have\\nstill won for themselves the homage of the civilized world.\\nThe spirit of the old South is closely interwoven with\\nthe spirit of the new, and. Phcenix-like, from the ashes of\\nthe former has sprung the perfect structure of the latter,\\nuntainted by one spark of the old bitterness, yet inspired\\nto renewed effort by the old high motives, the old culture,\\nthe old patriotism, which remains forever new, and which\\nmust still serve as the torch-bearer for the progress of the\\ncoming generation.\\nbecome invested with the halo of a history-making epoch,\\nand which must always be objects of interest to those who\\nreview the past.\\nPerhaps the most picturesque reminder of the most\\nunique phase of Southern history which Savannah can\\nshow is the ruins of a typical old Southern home, The\\nHermitage, situated on the outskirts of the city, but easily\\nreached by one of the fine roads for which the city is\\njustly noted. At The Hermitage one feels as though", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "the drama of the old South were being again enacted\\nbefore his very eyes.\\nThis place was the home of the McAlpin family, and\\nbecause it has been so long used as a farm is perhaps the rea-\\n^S5\\nson why it has not been\\nobliterated, and why it \u00e2\u0096\u00a0Q4IJ\\nstands at this time in\\nmany respects just as\\nit did years ago. It _\\nis no longer occupied by the surviving\\nmembers of the family of its original\\nowners, but they have left it in its present\\ncondition for the hand of time to destroy,\\nslowly but surely, just as it will inevitably\\nefface every trace of a system of which\\nthis old homestead is a fading illustration.\\nAnother old family seat in Savannah\\nis Bonaventure, originally owned by the\\nTatnall family, into whose possession it\\ncame in 1761, by the marriage of Josiah\\nTatnall of Charleston and Miss Mulryn. Tradition claims\\nthat the avenues of magnificent oaks which so distinguish\\nthis estate were planted in the form of the letters M\\nand T, to typify the union of the two families, and it is pos-\\nsible to trace, even at this late date, the outline of these letters\\nin the shape of the sylvan aisles, between the stately trees.\\nThe most distinguished member of this family was Capt.\\nJosiah Tatnall, the son of the first bearer of\\nthe name, and it is this man whose name\\nstands so prominently forth in the history of\\nhis country, that in visiting the place of his\\nbirth and of his burial we involuntarily recall\\nhis notable service in the naval history of the\\ncountry. The first of his services was in the\\nwar of 1812, with Great Britain. We next\\nfind him in the war of 1846 with Mexico, in\\nwhich he distinguished himself in\\nthe capture of Vera\\nPjJNv/ r Cruz, where he ac-\\ncomplished a daring\\nfeat, not unlike Nel-\\nson, in the capture of\\nCopenhagen For\\nQi^3m^;^mmm^^M\\nthis he was presented by the Legislature of the State of\\nGeorgia with a handsome sword, which is one of the cher-\\nished relics of the Georgia Historical Society.", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "are all institutions which would\\ndo infinite credit to a more\\npopulous city than Savannah.\\nThere are absolutely free\\nwards in the Savannah Hos-\\npital and St. Joseph s Infirm-\\nary, but the Telfair Hospital\\nis a private institution for\\nwomen, and the Georgia In-\\nfirmary is devoted exclusively\\nThe oldest artillery company in Savannah is the Chat-\\nham Artillery, organized in 1786. This company and the\\nJasper Greens, the Georgia Hussars, with the younger\\norganizations, of which there are several, form a remark-\\nable record as to numbers and the amount of service seen\\nwhen the size of Savannah is considered.\\nThe public schools of Savannah rank favorably with\\nthose conducted under older systems, and, although the\\npresent one was adopted in 1866, there are few finer in the\\ncountry. The Chatham Academy, or High School, occupies\\na handsome building in Bull Street and Oglethorpe Avenue,\\nand its graduates take high rank in the Northern universities.\\nThe hospitals of the city form objects of interest to all\\nwho care to glance beyond the surface attractiveness of the\\nplace. The Savannah Hospital, situated in Drayton and\\nGaston streets, St. Joseph s Infirmary, in Abercorn and\\nTaylor streets, the Telfair Hospital, in New Houston Street,\\nand the Georgia Infirmary, in Abercorn and Tenth streets,\\nj^gFftbl\\nSAVANNAH\\nEXCHANGE.\\nto the use of the colored citizens. The public buildings\\nof Savannah are all worthy of note.\\nThe Savannah Cotton Exchange is also a handsome and\\nimposing building, and one which is especially worthy of note", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "when one considers how large a part of the revenue of\\nGeorgia is derived from the cotton production of the State.\\nThe Custom House, erected in 1850,\\nis a large granite building, with Corinthian\\ncolumns which stands at the head of Bull\\nStreet as though to guard the commercial\\ninterests of the city\\nThe new post-office, which is fast\\nnearing completion is an ornate building\\nof pure white stone and the exterior\\ndecorations would make it a notable\\nbuilding in any environment and it\\nSavannah is fortunate in possessing two daily papers,\\nthe Morning News and the Savannah Press. The latter\\nis an excellent afternoon paper,\\nand the former is a morning\\ndaily with a wide circulation,\\nand is of a high order of jour-\\nnalism. The Morning News\\nBuilding is a very handsome\\none, and is well worthy of the\\nattention of a stranger.\\nThe banks of Savannah\\nalso occupy commodious and\\nsubstantial buildings, and, what\\nis of more vital moment, they\\nstand upon a most substantial\\nfinancial basis. It is worthy\\nof comment that during the\\npanic of 1893 and 1894 the\\nSavannah banks passed\\nthrough the ordeal without a\\nsingle failure.\\nThe Savannah Theatre\\nfaces one of the numerous\\nis an appropriate adornment of the handsome St\\nJames Square, on which it faces.\\nChatham County Court House stands immediately\\nfacing this building, across the square, and is also a\\nmost noteworthy piece of modern and substantial\\narchitecture.", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "squares which ornament Bull Street, but unlike most of\\nthem we find here no monumental shaft telling its story of\\nsome military hero or of some Napoleon of Commerce,\\nand yet this omission arises from no lack of historical\\nincident for it is here that Tom-0-Chi-Chi, a chief of\\nthe Indian tribe of the Yamacraws, first met Gen. Ogle-\\nthorpe, and it is here that the great chief lies buried.\\nTom-0-Chi-Chi was a devoted friend and follower of\\nGen. Oglethorpe, and most materially aided him during the\\nearly days of the colony. Later, when Gen. Oglethorpe\\npaid a visit to England, Tom-0-\\nChi-Chi with several of his\\nbraves accompanied him, and\\nwere presented at the court of\\nGeorge 11., where the savage\\nsplendor of their costuming and\\nthe general strangeness of their\\nappearance made a strong im-\\npression. The whole party re-\\nturned to Savannah after about\\na year s absence, and Tom-0-\\nChi-Chi continued to take an\\nactive interest in the affairs of\\nthe colonists until the time of\\nhis death, which occurred when\\nhe was ninety-nine years old.\\nAccording to an old record,\\nit was in deference to Tom-\\n0-Chi-Chi s own wish that he was buried here an old\\nchronicler, who wrote in 1761, telling us that the chief\\ndesired before he died that he might be Buried on the\\nSpot where he first met and talked with the great and good\\nMan; the first ENGLISHMAN he ever saw.\\nThe Theatre Building and the numerous church build-\\nings are all striking examples of attractive architecture.\\nBut, perhaps, the greatest testimonial to the desirability of\\nSavannah as a place of temporary or permanent residence\\nis the readiness with which a wealthy syndicate invested a\\nlarge amount of capital in the erection of the De Soto\\nHotel, and the excellent return the investment has made.\\nThis hotel is situated in Bull Street, and is in every respect\\nthe equal of any hotel in a country which is so justly famous\\nfor the elegance and luxuriance of its hostelries.\\nOne of the most attractive features of the city is its\\nnearness to the ocean, and the facility with which the sea-\\nshore is reached. Tybee, the seaside resort is called;\\nthis name being retained because of the tribe of Indians\\nwhose wigwams once stood on the site of the delightful\\nlittle village of the present.\\nThe beach at Tybee is the finest in the Southeast, and\\none of the best in the country, being regarded by many as\\nquite equal to Long Branch and the members of the\\nCan t Get Away Club of Savannah find inexhaustible\\namusement and alleviations for every ill that the summer\\nbrings, in daily visits to the ocean.\\nThe hotel accommodations at Tybee are excellent, and\\nthe cottage life is a most distinctive social feature.\\nThe people of Savannah and of the entire State of\\nGeorgia make Tybee the Mecca of many charming summer\\npilgrimages, and the interest in the resort has been greatly", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "augmented by the garrison at the fort, and the encamp-\\nment of United States troops at that point. The gleam of\\nbrass buttons and attractive uniforms of the officers, mingled\\nwith the dainty costumes of the Southern girl in summer,\\nhave materially added to the pleasures of this season s\\ndances. Tybee is reached by one of the branches of the\\nCentral of Georgia Railway, eighteen miles in length.\\nBut to the scarcely less omnipresent wheelman Savan-\\nnah is a paradise, indeed. Its smooth asphalted streets,\\nits miles and miles of unbroken level of paved roadways,\\noffer greater attractions to the cyclist than any other\\ncity in the Union, if perhaps, we except Washington.\\nIn Forsyth Park there is a broad bicycle path, which\\nextends around its entire length, and this is a\\nmost attractive feature of this most popular\\nbreathing spot.\\nThe fountain in the center of this\\npark is an exact reproduction of the\\nDN one in the Place\\nThe street-car system\\nof the city is most excel-\\nlent, and there are few\\npoints in the city or\\nsuburbs not penetrated\\nby them. Lines lead to\\nThunderbolt, a small\\nbut picturesque town on ,j ...iv .n^n-^;x^^\\nthe Warsaw River, which\\nis famous for its fish and oysters; and a fish supper at Mrs.\\nBannon s is one of the delights which the visitor to Savan-\\nnah must not fail to enjoy. The Savannah Yacht Club\\noccupies a handsome building at Thunderbolt, and its\\nmembership list includes some of the oldest names in the\\ncity and State.\\nThe street cars also run to the Isle of Hope, which\\nis a similar resort to Thunderbolt, and, in fact, the\\ntrolley car is omnipresent.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u00a2-A.\\nA\\nde la Concorde, at Paris, and has\\nbeen universally admired.\\nThe park is without enclosure\\nof any kind, and it serves as a sort\\nof universal garden for some of the most beautiful homes in\\nthe city, by which it is surrounded. Such it really seems\\nduring the long spring and summer, for it is filled at all\\nhours with the daintiest of white-clad babies and their\\nattendant mammies, with turbaned heads and ample\\nlaps relics of a type which is fast fading away.\\nA conspicuous building facing Forsyth Park is Hodgson\\nHall, which is occupied by the Georgia Historical Society\\nas a repository for its valuable collection of documents", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "wmm\\nand relics of colonial, revolutionary and ante-bellum days.\\nIn 1847 this association consolidated with the Savannah\\nLibrary Society, thus securing about 25,000 volumes, and\\nas these have been added to from time to time the associa-\\ntion is enabled to open its doors as a circulating\\nlibrary and reading room of uncommon worth. There\\nis a small yearly fee charged to borrowers of books,\\nbut the reading room is practically free to the public,\\nand after a pleasant stroll in the beautiful Forsyth\\nPark one can spend an equally delightful hour in the\\nspacious reading room among the sacred relics of a\\npast generation and the no less absorbing associations\\nof the most modern publications of the present one.\\nThe building was erected by Mrs. Margaret Telfair\\nHodgson as a memorial to her late husband, William\\nB- Hodgson, who was for many years a prominent\\nmember of the association. The work was begun\\nunder the supervision of Mrs. Hodgson, but, owing\\nto her sudden death, it was completed under the\\ndirection of her sister. Miss Mary Telfair. A hand-\\nsome picture of Mr. Hodgson hangs in the library, and\\nthe edifice and its contents form\\na fitting testimonial to one whose\\ntastes were of so scholarly a\\nnature, as well as of the public-\\nspirited impulses of the Telfair\\nfamily.\\nTo no one individual, per-\\nhaps, does Savannah owe more\\ngratitude than to Miss Mary Tel-\\nfair, the last descendant of a\\nlong line of antecedents, whose\\nmany acts of loyalty and devo-\\ntion to their city have won for\\nthem a higher place in the hearts\\nand memories of the people than\\neven that to which they were\\nentitled by birth. Miss Telfair\\ndied in 1875, but her philan-\\nthropy lives to-day. A striking evidence of this is found in\\nthe opening of the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences,\\nin 1886, just a century after the election of her ancestor.\\nEdward Telfair, to the governorship of Georgia. The", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "building, whicti is devoted to the rare collection of pictures,\\nstatuary and objects of virtu, is the old home of the Telfair\\nfamily, and nowhere in the South can there be found a\\nfiner school of art, or an atmos-\\nphere more conducive to the\\ndevelopment of the artistic sense\\nof the community, especially of\\nthe younger members of it, than\\nis here afforded, for there is a\\nmost excellent College of Art\\nin connection with the Telfair\\nAcademy.\\nA record of Savannah s\\ncharms would be incomplete\\nwithout some reference to the\\ngreat attraction it offers to the\\nsportsman.\\nThe hunting around Savan-\\nnah is excellent. There are some\\nfine shots and regular hunters\\nwho follow the dog for quail or\\ntrail up the creeks for duck dur-\\ning the hunting season. The\\nlevel meadows below the city\\nafford fine shooting, and on the\\nislands of the river and along the\\nedges of the rice fields there are\\ndoves and partridges, snipe and\\nwoodcock. In one of the large\\ngame preserves below Savannah\\npheasants have been colonized.\\nMany Northern people bring\\ndown their dogs and breech-\\nloaders to Savannah and hunt\\nbirds over the green rice rows,\\nor shoot duck over the brown\\nmarshes.\\nThere are some very com-\\nplete hunting boats in the equip-\\nment of Savannah s sportsmen. But the royal sport of\\nSavannah is deer hunting. The time for stalking deer in\\nChatham County is during the winter. There are a dozen\\nic^", "height": "2416", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "MERCHANTS\\nSAVANNAH.\\nor more of Savannah s hunters who make a specialty of\\ndeer shooting. They go out five or six times a year and\\nnov/ and then return with a big buck or a fat doe strapped\\nto their buggies. Almost any wintry day a deer can be\\nstarted on the edge of the Ogee-\\nchee swamps. The woods are full\\nof them, and this county, which is\\n163 years old, has never yet, since\\nthe days of Tom-0-Chi-Chi, exter-\\nminated all the deer. For sixteen\\ngenerations men have been shoot-\\ning them, but some of the luckless\\ndescendants still live in the forest\\nand continue to give to the hunter\\nlots and loads of fun.\\nThe season for deer shooting\\nhas barely opened. Suppose you\\nstart about four o clock in the\\nmorning, before the first fleck of\\ngray. The horn of the hunter is\\nheard on the hill about this time.\\nYou ride out over the Ogeechee road, where the\\ncity has just laid down its three-thousand-dollar\\nshells. If a heavy dew has fallen during the night,\\nor a slight frost has formed on the low grounds,\\nso much the better. The ground is crisp under\\nfoot, and the air is fresh with just a slight edge on\\nit. The trees are beginning to throw out their\\nbanners of scarlet and gold, and the ground is\\nbare and brown, just the color to hide the dun\\nof the doe s hide. Along the road are banks\\nand tongues of Golden Rod with their slender,\\ngraceful stems and their radiating heads nodding\\nin the wind and all aflame with the rich bright\\nyellow of autumn. It is also the season when the\\nbuck and the roe and the young deer are seeking\\nthe woods for the fresh, tender young acorns which\\nhave just fallen from their cups and are grateful to\\ntheir velvet lips. The newly stacked rice tempts\\nthem sometimes to a run in the open, and in the evening\\nyou may surprise them in the field, where they are hunting\\nfor sweet clover and the lush pea vines. Your expert\\nguide tells you all this. He has watched deer for fifty", "height": "2421", "width": "2231", "jp2-path": "sketchofsavannah00buff_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "years, and knows where to find them at any season of the\\nyear or at any time of the day. 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