Cumberland Island GA Dungeness Ruins Wild Horses National Seashore Wildlife Landscape Art
by Reid Callaway
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Cumberland Island GA Dungeness Ruins Wild Horses National Seashore Wildlife Landscape Art
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Reid Callaway
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Cumberland Island GA Dungeness Ruins Wild Horses.....by Reid Callaway
National Seashore Wildlife Landscape Art
While shooting a wedding on Cumberland Island Georgia, I was able to catch these Cumberland Island wild horses near the Thomas M Carnegie home ruins called Dungeness.
History...
Dungeness on Cumberland Island, Georgia, is a ruined mansion that is part of a historic district that was the home of several families significant in American history. James Oglethorpe first built on Cumberland Island in 1736, building a hunting lodge that he named Dungeness. Oglethorpe named the place after Dungeness, in England. The next Dungeness was the legacy of Revolutionary War hero Nathanael Greene, who had acquired 11,000 acres (45 km2) of island land in exchange for a bad debt. His widow built a four-story tabby mansion in 1803, over a Timucuan shell mound. During the War of 1812 the island was occupied by the British, who used the house as a headquarters.
In 1818 Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, a dashing cavalry commander during the Revolutionary War and father of Robert E. Lee, stayed at the house until his death on March 25, 1818, cared for by Greene's daughter Louisa, and was laid to rest in nearby cemetery with full military honors provided by an American fleet stationed at St. Marys, Georgia. The house was abandoned during the U.S. Civil War and burned in 1866.
In the 1880s the property was purchased by Thomas M. Carnegie, brother of Andrew Carnegie, who began to build a new mansion on the site. The 59-room Queen Anne style mansion and grounds were completed after Carnegie's death in 1886. His wife Lucy continued to live at Dungeness and built other estates for her children, including Greyfield for Margaret Carnegie, Plum Orchard for George Lauder Carnegie, and Stafford Plantation. By this time, the Carnegies owned 90% of the island.
The Carnegies moved out of Dungeness in 1925. In 1959 the Dungeness mansion was destroyed by fire, alleged to be arson. The ruins are today preserved by the National Park Service as part of Cumberland Island National Seashore. They were acquired by the Park Service in 1972.
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Jenny Revitz Soper for featuring my artwork in our group.... No Place Like Home! 8/21/2021
Reid Callaway
Thank you Jenny for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 8/21/2021
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your artwork on the homepage of the group No Place Like Home, 8/21/2021. You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread that fits! l/f
Reid Callaway
Thank you John Bailey for admiring my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites! 12/10/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Frozen in Time for featuring my artwork in our group..... Your Very Best Photograph! 12/8/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you John M Bailey for featuring my artwork in our group...Images That Excite You! 12/8/2020
Reid Callaway
Thank you Pamela Williams for featuring my artwork in our group.... Art District! 12/8/2020
John M Bailey
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Pamela Williams
Congratulations your work has been featured on aRt diSTriCt groups homepage! Bravo! Be sure to share your image in the groups Featured Archive discussion!
Reid Callaway
Thank you Karen Silvestri for featuring my artwork in the group......Nature Landmarks Landscapes! 11/21/2019
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Thank you Carole Sluski for featuring my artwork in our group...World Landscape Lovers Of Art! 8/30/2019
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