FOHJI Board Members were invited to attend the 75th Anniversary Time Capsule Dedication on Tuesday, October 18, 2022. The time capsule, located adjacent to the historical marker featuring M.E. Thompson and the purchase of Jekyll Island, will be opened in 2047, the 100th anniversary of Jekyll Island as a Georgia State Park. Jekyll Island Authority […]
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Jekyll Island, Georgia, was once the winter playground for a group of the nation’s wealthiest and most influential leaders of the 20th Century. Members of the exclusive Jekyll Island club, which included J.P. Morgan, William Rockefeller, and Joseph Pulitzer, came here from the North and Midwest to escape the harsh winters. They hunted, golfed, played […]