06/05/2026
🌿 Fun Fact Friday 🌿
Did you know?
The Guale originally occupied the freshwater riverbanks between the Altamaha and Savannah Rivers before establishing farming communities on Georgia’s Sea Islands, including St. Catherines Island.
Long before European colonization, a network of Native chiefdoms stretched from present-day Port Royal, South Carolina, to the Florida coast and inland along the Savannah River. These communities connected the Guale, Yamasee, Creek, and Timucua peoples through trade, kinship, and cooperation.
These chiefdoms maintained thriving economies.
The culture of the Mound Builders included all these kin-groups Creek, Guale, Yamasee and Timucua, who lived in chiefdoms, with established towns, including what became Darien and Savannah, which might have
been major port gathering areas.
