White Bluff

Composed of limestone or “Selma

chalk” which abounds in fossils.

Called “Ecor Blanc” by

eighteenth-century French explorers

and cartographers.

Named “Chickasaw Gallery” because

early Indian inhabitants harassed

boats from here.

Landing site of Bonapartist exiles

who established the

“Vine and Olive Colony” in 1817.

Marker is on West Monroe Street.

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White Bluff Meeting House

Here meets the oldest congregation following the Reformed (Calvinistic) theological tradition in continuous service in Georgia. In 1737, 160 Reformed Germans came to Savannah seeking religious freedom. After working their terms as indentured servants the colonists petitioned the Trustees of ...