Woodmanston Plantation

Established in 1760 by William and John Eatton LeConte, Woodmanston became one of Georgia's earliest inland swamp rice plantations. Despite Indian attacks and marauding armies during the Revolution, it prospered. In 1810 control passed to Louis LeConte, John Eatton's son, who devoted much of his time to creating a botanical garden that became world famous for its collection of bulbs and camellias. Louis died in 1838, and his garden was eventually lost. Two of his children, John and Joseph, became professors at the University of California at Berkley; John became the university's first president, and Joseph was remembered for his geological research and as a founder of the Sierra Club. In 1973 Woodmanston was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Georgia · United States