Hopeton-on-the-Altamaha Home of James Hamilton Couper 1.4 mi.
N 31° 18.490 W 081° 27.640
17R E 456163 N 3463846
A rice and sugar plantation that served travelers from abriad.
Waymark Code: WM6R5V
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/11/2009
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Hopeton Plantation, of which Altama is a part, lies about 1.4 miles West of here. A model rice and sugar Plantation of the early 19th century, described in books by several travelers from Europe, Hopeton is best remembered as the home of James Hamilton Couper. "A pioneer in the agricultural and industrial development of Georgia and the South,"James Hamilton Couper was an archaeologist, a geologist, a conchologist, architect and historian -- a man whose abilities and accomplishments would be recognized in any time.
Type of Marker: Other
Marker #: 063-23
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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