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In 1736 Captain Gascoigne of the British Sloop-of War Hawk established at Gascoigne Bluff the base for the naval defense of the Colony of Georgia. The Spaniards landed here during the invasion of 1742. In 1794 live oak timbers were cut on St. Simons, loaded from this bluff, and sent to Boston for use in constructing the frigate Constitution, better known as "Old Ironsides."
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St. Simons, Georgia · United States
