Okefenokee NWR
The refuge has several entrances. These pictures are from the entrance south of Folkston, GA.
The Chesser Island Homestead was built by the Chesser family in 1927 and is an example of how swamp settlers lived in this harsh environment. Although sugar cane and cane syrup were the family’s cash crop, they also hunted, kept livestock and beehives, and had a substantial garden. Swamp settlers were self-sufficient and industrious people and used many of the plants growing in the area. Saw-toothed palmetto palms were used for making woven fans and hats, and the stalks were lashed together to make brooms. Turpentining was also lucrative. The resin of pines was collected until the tree could no longer be tapped, when it would then be harvested for lumber.
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