Talk:History of Savannah, Georgia

Presidential Visit of Grover Cleveland?

Why is my narrative on the visit of President Grover Cleveland removed? There were important ceremonies of local history with the opening of the Telfair Arts and Sgt Jasper monument dedication. There was even an account of Chatham's Artillery.Ourhistory153 (talk) 15:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)ourhistory153Ourhistory153 (talk) 15:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, but this information is trivia at best and has no citation. Besides, Cleveland was not the only president to visit the city in its history, and the article is not about the history of the Telfair Arts museum. -- Absolon S. Kent ^(chat), 12:26, Tuesday, May 7, 2024 (UTC)

Native settlers

Technically, the information in this section seems correct, but I wonder whether it could be beefed up a little. I think we could safely say that the area from the Savannah River to the Altamaha River was historically populated by scattered chiefdoms or villages of Muscogee-speaking people who came to be known as the Guale Indians, based on the name of one particular chief with whom early European explorers made contact. I'd have to do some research to document it, but there are probably people out there reading this who know the history off the top of their heads. Perhaps we could provide a little summary of how 17th century skirmishes between Florida and Carolina left the area from the Savannah to St. Mary's rivers largely an abandoned no-man's land from about 1684, when I believe the last Spanish mission evacuated to Amelia Island, to 1721, when the British established Fort King George near present-day Darien. I don't know how long the Yamacraw settlement had been here when the Georgia colonists arrived, but the way the section currently reads, it sort of implies they were an ancient tribe who had been there for a long period. I don't believe that is so. I think Yamacraw chief Tomochichi was born in Apalachicola, Florida, and I think the village he led on Yamacraw Bluff comprised for the most part a group of descendants of survivors who had been displaced by the Yamasee War of 1715, of which I know practically nothing. That much detail is admittedly overkill, but maybe someone who knows the details could tweak that first sentence a little: "The Yamacraws, a remnant group of Muscogee-speaking people, were the last Native Americans known to inhabit the bluff on which Savannah was settled." Gikiweek (talk) 00:34, 10 January 2011 (UTC)

Cotton industry

The section about cotton starts with the Savannah Cotton Exchange (established in 1876 and made its permanent home on Bay Street in 1883), then goes back in time and ends in the year 1860, cotton-specific information even ends in 1793. There's not even a hint about when the exchange was closed or what happened to the cotton industry in the 20th century at all. --193.30.140.138 (talk) 11:45, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Original town plan

Is it not true that Oglethorpe's original town plan was copied from an ancient drawing of an imaginary classical city? Valetude (talk) 23:43, 1 September 2014 (UTC)

Timeline of Savannah, Georgia

What is missing from the recently created city timeline article? Please add relevant content. Contributions welcome. Thank you. -- M2545 (talk) 12:33, 31 May 2015 (UTC)

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December 1864 - why no surrender?

Many of us would like to know why Sherman did not simply capture the small Confederate army in Savannah, when it was in the palm of his hand, instead of allowing it to escape into Carolina. Valetude (talk) 00:24, 1 September 2018 (UTC)