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[1] [2] He is the author of The Creature from Jekyll Island (1994), [1] which advances debunked conspiracy theories [3] about the Federal Reserve System. He is an HIV/AIDS denialist, supports the 9/11 Truth movement, and supports the specific John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory that Oswald was not the assassin. [1]
Walter Rogers Furness Cottage (1890-1891) – also known as the "Old Infirmary" or the "Jekyll Island Infirmary" – is a Shingle Style building on Jekyll Island, in Glynn County, Georgia, United States. It is one of thirty-three contributing properties in the 240-acre (97.1 hectares) Jekyll Island Club Historic District. [3]
He was the leading military aide to General James Oglethorpe and was in charge of troops garrisoned at Fort Frederica on nearby St. Simons Island. Captain (1740), Major (1742). [2] In 1735, Horton was granted Jekyll Island by the trustees of the colony of Georgia and also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery on his plantation.
Largely bedridden, Stevenson described himself as living "like a weevil in a biscuit." Yet, despite ill health, during his three years in Westbourne, Stevenson wrote the bulk of his most popular work: Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (which established his wider reputation), A Child's Garden of Verses and ...
Horton House (also known as Horton-duBignon House, Brewery Ruins, duBignon Cemetery) is a historic site on Riverview Drive in Jekyll Island, Georgia. The tabby house was originally constructed in 1743 by Major William Horton, a top military aide to General James Oglethorpe. Horton also brewed beer in Georgia's first brewery (the ruins of which ...
A map of Jekyll Island from 1983. Jekyll Island is one of only four Georgia barrier islands that has a paved causeway to allow access from the mainland by car. It has 5,700 acres (23 km 2) of land, including 4,400 acres (18 km 2) of solid earth and a 240-acre (0.97 km 2) Jekyll Island Club Historic District.
Walter Jennings (September 14, 1858 - January 9, 1933) was an American industrialist who served as president of National Fuel Gas Company and the Jekyll Island Club. Early life [ edit ]
He was also a very active member of the Jekyll Island Club on Jekyll Island, Georgia, along with J.P. Morgan and William Rockefeller among others. [7] In 1900, Gould purchased the former cottage of David H. King Jr., "a single-storied, Italian Renaissance house surrounding a central courtyard, complete with a swimming pool fed by an artesian ...