St. Simons Island Pier and Village

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Visitors to St. Simons Island gather on its pier in the late nineteenth century. The tourism industry, still a primary economic activity on the island today, began in the 1870s, and by the 1880s a grand hotel and pier had been built on the southeastern end of the island.

Courtesy of Coastal Georgia Historical Society.

St. Simons Island Pier and Village

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