Hostess City Travels (Savannah, Georgia)

Ghosts of Savannah

Ghost City Tours. 2023, https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/ghost-stories/alice-riley/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022, https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/marshall-house-hotel/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022,https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/17hundred90-inn/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022,https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/kehoe-house/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022, https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants/pirates-house//. 6 July 2024
17hundre90 Inn and Restaurant. 2017, https://1790restaurant.com/ghosts/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022,https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants/moon-river-brewing-company/. 6 July 2024
Travel Channel. 2024, https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/zak-bagans-reveals-ghost-adventures-scariest-season. 6 July 2024
Indie Authors. San Joaquin Valley. 2022, https://sanjoaquinvalleypress.com/storytime/f/real-ghost-stories-moon-river-brewing-company. 6 July 2024
Savannah Sightseeing Tours. 2024, https://www.trolleytours.com/savannah/sorrel-weed-house. 6 July 2024
Gallivanter Tours. 2020, https://gallivantertours.com/savannah/historic-homes/sorrel-weed-house/. 6 July 2024
Savannah Terrors. 2024, https://savannahterrors.com/the-suicides-at-the-sorrel-weed-house/. 6 July 2024
Nightly Spirits. 2020, https://nightlyspirits.com/the-haunted-moon-river-brewing-company-savannah/. 6 July 2024
Gallivanter Tours. 2020, https://gallivantertours.com/savannah/historic-cemeteries/colonial-park-cemetery/. 6 July 2024
Official Savannah Guide. https://www.officialsavannahguide.com/colonial-park-cemetery. 6 July 2024
Today in Georgia History. 2024, https://www.todayingeorgiahistory.org/tih-georgia-day/button-gwinnett-lachlan-mcintosh-duel/. 6 July 2024
The American Revolution Experience. https://american-revolution-experience.battlefields.org/people/button-gwinnett#gwinnett-born. 6 July 2024
17hundre90 Inn and Restaurant. 2017, https://1790restaurant.com/history/. 6 July 2024
Ghost City Tours. 2022, https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/colonial-park-cemetery/. 6 July 2024
Nightly Spirts. 2020, https://nightlyspirits.com/the-haunted-colonial-park-cemetery-in-savannah/. 6 July 2024

Gullah Geechee and Pin Point Heritage Museum

This week I discuss the Gullah Geechee culture and the Pin Point Heritage Museum.
 
National Park Service. https://www.nps.gov/places/gullah-geechee-cultural-heritage-corridor.htm#:~:text=The%20Gullah%20Geechee%20people%20are,Island%20cotton%20and%20indigo%20plantations. 26 June 2024
 
Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission. 2024, https://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeechee/. 26 June 2024
 
Gullah Geechee Culture. https://gullahgeecheenation.com/. 26 June 2024
 
Boxley, Jordan K. Telfair Museums. 2023, https://www.telfair.org/article/who-are-the-gullah-geechee/. 26 June 2024
 
Golden Isles. 2024, https://www.goldenisles.com/the-gullah-geechee-connection/. 26 June 2024
 
Marroquin, Andrea. Jekyll Island Foundation. 2022, https://jekyllislandfoundation.org/about/for-the-record/preserving-the-gullah-geechee-heritage/. 26 June 2024
 
Opala, Joseph A. https://glc.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Gullah%20Language.pdf. 26 June 2024
 
Mufwene, Salikoko Sangol. Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Etruscan-language. 26 June 2024
 
College of Coastal Georgia. 2024, https://libguides.ccga.edu/gullahgeechee/audio. 26 June 2024
 
Black Listed Culture. 2020-2024, https://blacklistedculture.com/gullah-geechee-ring-shouters/. 26 June 2024
 
Low Country Gullah. 2021, https://lowcountrygullah.com/the-gullah-ring-shout/. 26 June 2024
 
Visit Beaufort. 2024, https://www.beaufortsc.org/things-to-do/gullah-culture/. 26 June 2024
 
Sumpter, Althea. 2006, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/geechee-and-gullah-culture/. 26 June 2024
 

Wormsloe Historic Site

Wormsloe Historic Site
 
Welcome to Savannah Georgia. 2024, https://www.savannah.com/sights-to-see/. 12 June 2024
Welcome to Savannah Georgia. 2024, https://www.savannah.com/wormsloe-historic-site-imagine-driving-down-a-majestic-rural-avenue/. 12 June 2024
Bragg, William. New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2004-2024, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/wormsloe-plantation/. 12 June 2024
Georgia Department of Natural Resource. 2007, https://gadnr.org/press-release-parks/Wormsloe-State-Historic-Site-Unveils-New-Visitor-Center. 12 June 2024
Georgia Department of Natural Resource https://gastateparks.org/Wormsloe. 12 June 2024
Georgia Historical Society. 2018, https://www.georgiahistory.com/marker-monday-noble-jones-wormsloe/. 12 June 2024
Find a Grave. 2024, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24283231/noble-jones. 12 June 2024
Bragg, William. New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2004-2024, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/noble-w-jones-ca-1723-1805/. 12 June 2024
Bragg, William. New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2004-2024, https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/de-renne-family/. 12 June 2024
Georgia Historical Society. 2014, https://www.georgiahistory.com/bio/george-wymberley-jones-derenne/. 12 June 2024

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts
 
Crichlow, Catherine A. Learning to Give. https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/juliette-gordon-low. 6 June 2024
Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Juliette-Gordon-Low. 6 June 2024
National Women’s Hall of Fame. 2024, https://www.womenofthehall.org/inductee/juliette-gordon-low/. 6 June 2024
Georgia Historical Society. https://www.georgiahistory.com/resource/juliette-gordon-low/brief-biography/. 6 June 2024
Sims, Anastasia. New Georgia Encyclopedia. 2004-2024. https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/juliette-gordon-low-1860-1927/. 6 June 2024 
Spring, Kelly A. National Women’s History Museum. 2017, https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/juliette-gordon-low. 6 June 2024

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Justia US Law.com. 2024. https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1985/41839-1.html. 31 May 2024
Justia US Law.com. 2024. https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1983/38847-1.html. 31 May 2024
Poussley, Maurice. The National Registry of Exonerations. 2013-2021, https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4195. 31 May 2024
Averitt Center for the Arts. https://www.averittcenterforthearts.org/emma-kelly. 31 May 2024
The New York Times. 2001, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/29/arts/emma-kelly-82-lady-of-6000-songs.html. 31 May 20215
Find a Grave. 2000, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9978/joseph_algerine-odom. 31 May 2024
Wade, Kim. Savannah Morning News. 2016, https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2016/08/09/nancy-hillis-midnight-garden-good-and-evils-mandy-passes-away/13918852007/. 31 May 2024
Find a Grave. 2010, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62322858/laurice-elmore-fetzer. 31 May 2024
Felty, Dana Clark. Savannah Morning News. 2009, https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2009/05/09/reclusive-voodoo-priestess-midnight-fame/13737460007/. 31 May 2024
Georgia Football. 2023, https://georgiadogs.com/news/2023/8/28/football-sonny-seiler-dies. 31 May 2024
Club One. https://clubone-online.com/ladychablis/. 31 May 2024
Our Community Roots. 2022, https://ourcommunityroots.com/?p=5472. 31 May 2024
Jacksonville.com/The Florida Times-Union. 2016, https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2016/09/08/lady-chablis-transgender-midnight-star-dies-savannah/15723551007/. 31 May 2024
Savannah Morning News. 2016, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/savannah/name/lady-chablis-obituary?id=23091722. 31 May 2024
Official Savannah Guide. 2003-2022, https://www.officialsavannahguide.com/jim-williams. 31 May 2024

The "Savannah Starter Pack"

The "Savannah Starter Pack" starts at Forsyth Park, travels one block north to Mercer Williams House (Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil), and wraps up at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist.
Sources:
Savannahofficialguide.com. 2003-2022, https://www.officialsavannahguide.com/jim-williams. 22 May 2024
Justia US Law.com. 2024. https://law.justia.com/cases/georgia/supreme-court/1983/38847-1.html. 22 May 2024
Poussley, Maurice. The National Registry of Exonerations. 2013-2021, https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=4195. 22 May 2024
Savannah.com. 2024, https://www.savannah.com/the-forsyth-fountain/. 22 May 2024
gosouthsavannah.com, 2024 https://gosouthsavannah.com/historic-district-and-city/squares-and-parks/forsyth-park-fountain.html#google_vignette. 22 May 2024
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. 2023, https://savannahcathedral.org/. 22 May 2024
Visitsavannah.com. 2024, https://visitsavannah.com/profile/forsyth-park/6094. 22 May 2024
welcometosavannahgeorgia.com. 2024, https://www.savannah.com/forsyth-park-3/. 22 May 2024
visitsavannah.com. 2024, https://visitsavannah.com/article/forsyth-park-first-time-guide. 22 May 2024

Introduction

Introduction