Captain Gascoigne - St. Simons Island, GA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
N 31° 10.033 W 081° 24.631
17R E 460877 N 3448206
This small plaque to Captain Gascoigne and to the ship “Old Ironsides” is located in a small park at the south end of Arthur J. Moore Dr, St. Simons Island, GA.
Waymark Code: WMGNJ5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
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Captain Gascoigne


In 1736 Captain Gascoigne of the British Sloop-of War Hawk, established here at Gascoigne Bluff the base for the naval defense of the Colony of Georgia. The Spaniards landed here in the invasion of 1742.

In 1794 Live Oak timbers were cut on St. Simons, loaded from this bluff and sent to Boston to be used in the construction of the Frigate Constitution, better known as " Old Ironsides"......



Type of Marker: Park

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