Jekyll Island has a wonderfully rich and storied history. The English colonization began in 1733 when Oglethorpe was given a land grant by the King of England. Jekyll Island is named after Oglepthorpes friend Joseph Jekyll.
Me on Jekyll Beach
Horton House ruins.
Gen Horton had a very large plantation on the island and grew barley , indigo, corn and some beef cattle to supply nearby Fort Fredrica. His plantation is destroyed by the Spanish in 1742 during the War of Jenkins Ear. Horton rebuilds his home with a "tabby" mixture but dies in 1748. His home passes to the Dubignon family for the next five generations.
Dubignon Family assumed Horton plantation and many are buried in the family burial ground across the road from Horton house ruins. The Horton House ruins is one of only two colonial structures left in Georgia.
Jekyll Island Club and village
Jekyll Island Club was built as a vacation spot for the wealthy in the 1880's. As the Gilded Age of America prospered (1870-1910) the wealthy industialists built enormous vacation homes to retreat to. Many of the smaller homes surrounding the Club, housed the servants, bookkeepers, infirmary and workers. The Jekyll Island Clubhouse is still a resort and the surrounding village is has quaint shoppes and eateries. 
Inside
A comfortable lounge area
Me just lounging
The wealthy men of the era, JP Morgan's son is one of them. 
At the top of five flights of stairs looking down
Me and the Mightly Oak
The Jekyll Village
The Bookkeepers house
The village
A DuBignon home
A map of the village Sea Turtle Refuge Center
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