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History of St. Catherines Island (822 words) |
 | Catherines and stocked it with cattle, hogs, and horses and developed it as a plantation. |
| Catherines and other sea islands were evacuated during the Civil War, with a small population of fls remaining behind to care for the plantations. |
| Catherines Island was vested in the Edward John Noble Foundation in 1968. |
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New Georgia Encyclopedia: St. Catherines Island (1391 words) |
| Catherines is unusual among the Georgia barrier islands in that it has experienced considerable shoreline retreat and little accretion (the counterpart to erosion) over the past century, perhaps because of its great distance from any major river. |
| Catherines was purchased in 1876 by John J. Rauers of Savannah. |
| The island is now owned by the nonprofit St. Catherines Island Foundation, which aims to promote the conservation of natural resources, survival of endangered species, and preservation of historic sites, in addition to expanding human knowledge in the fields of archaeology, botany, ecology, natural history, zoology, and other scientific and educational disciplines. |
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