We are carefully stewarding property on Ebenezer creek, home of a diverse and productive habitat, including fresh water tidal wetlands and bottomland hardwood forest, that has been coveted for protection by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Ebenezer Creek is a Georgia Scenic River and the National Park Service lists the creek as a National Natural Landmark for its cypress-gum swamp forest. Federally listed rare species on the property include the wood stork and the shortnose sucker.
Our property is on the banks of the creek near where, on the morning of December 9, 1864, engineers for the Union XIV Corps, under Sherman’s Brigadier General Davis tragically and cowardly destroyed a pontoon crossing stranding 5,000 freed slaves on the wrong side of the creek.
This land was also home to the Uchi Indians, who were native to this part of the creek swamp and much evidence of their existence can still be found there.
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