History of Tybee Island
Tybee Island is an island and a present-day city in
Chatham County, Georgia near the city of Savannah. As of
the 2000 census, the city population was 3,392. The
island, which includes the city of the same name, had a
population of 3,713.
Tybee Island may be best known outside of Georgia as the
home of the Tybee Bomb, a nuclear weapon that was lost
offshore on February 5, 1958. Officially renamed
"Savannah Beach" in a publicity move at the end of the
1950s, the city of Tybee Island has since reverted to its
original name (although maps show the use of the name
"Savannah Beach" as far back as 1952) on official state
maps. The small island, which has long been a quiet
getaway for the residents of Savannah, has become a
popular vacation spot with tourists from outside the
Savannah metropolitan area.
Tybee Island was originally inhabited by the Euchee Native
American tribe and gave the island its name: tybee is an
Euchee word for salt.
In 1733, English settlers led by James Oglethorpe settled
on Tybee Island before moving on to settle eventually in
Savannah. In 1736, John Wesley, founder of the Methodist
Church, arrived on Tybee Island.
The Tybee Island Light Station is one of just a handful of
18th century lighthouses still in operation in North America.
First built in the year 1736, the lighthouse was made of
brick and wood, and was standing 90 feet tall, making it the
highest structure in America at that time.
Today the Tybee Lighthouse is a popular tourist
destination, having all of its support buildings on the
five-acre site historically preserved. The current black and
white tower markings is a reversion to its fourth day mark,
first used in 1916.
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Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free
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Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Tybee Island is an island and a present-day city in
Chatham County, Georgia near the city of Savannah. As of
the 2000 census, the city population was 3,392. The
island, which includes the city of the same name, had a
population of 3,713.
Tybee Island may be best known outside of Georgia as the
home of the Tybee Bomb, a nuclear weapon that was lost
offshore on February 5, 1958. Officially renamed
"Savannah Beach" in a publicity move at the end of the
1950s, the city of Tybee Island has since reverted to its
original name (although maps show the use of the name
"Savannah Beach" as far back as 1952) on official state
maps. The small island, which has long been a quiet
getaway for the residents of Savannah, has become a
popular vacation spot with tourists from outside the
Savannah metropolitan area.
Tybee Island was originally inhabited by the Euchee Native
American tribe and gave the island its name: tybee is an
Euchee word for salt.
In 1733, English settlers led by James Oglethorpe settled
on Tybee Island before moving on to settle eventually in
Savannah. In 1736, John Wesley, founder of the Methodist
Church, arrived on Tybee Island.
The Tybee Island Light Station is one of just a handful of
18th century lighthouses still in operation in North America.
First built in the year 1736, the lighthouse was made of
brick and wood, and was standing 90 feet tall, making it the
highest structure in America at that time.
Today the Tybee Lighthouse is a popular tourist
destination, having all of its support buildings on the
five-acre site historically preserved. The current black and
white tower markings is a reversion to its fourth day mark,
first used in 1916.
Copyright (c) 2007 Mary's Family Condo.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this
document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation
License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free
Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover
Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in
the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
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Lighthouse Point Beach Club
85 Van Horne Avenue # 8C
Tybee Island, Ga 31328
85 Van Horne Avenue # 8C
Tybee Island, Ga 31328
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