HISTORIC

š THUNDERBOLT, GEORGIA

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Thunderbolt & the American Revolution

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Thunderbolt Battery

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Georgia State Industrial College

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Thunderbolt the River Resort

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Thunderbolt the Fishing Village

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Thunderbolt & the 21st Century

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Thunderbolt Area Churches

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Thunderbolt's Government

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Spring 2002

 

Designed by

Luciana M. Spracher

 

 

š Bibliography

š Primary Sources

Baulkmon, Myrtle, resident of Thunderbolt.  Phone interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

"The Chatham Hunt Club, Horse Show and Race Meet, 1909."  Savannah: M.S. & D.A. Byck Company, Printers, 1909.

 

City and Suburban Railway Company Collection MS 147, Box 2, Folder 20, Items 901-902.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Cordray-Foltz Photograph Collection VM 1360 PH, Box 3, Folders 23-29; Box 16, Folders 10-25; Box 17, Folders 1-4; Box 22, Folders 3-4, 6-15, 22-26; Box 26, Folders 21-23; Box 27.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Counsil, Joan Cesaroni, native of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, February 2002, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Dixon, Lola, resident of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

"Gala Day Celebration: Yacht Basin at Thunderbolt, 1939."  (Program).  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Georgia Historical Society Photograph Collection VM 1361PH, Box 17, Folder 11; Box 20, Folder 5; Box 22; Box 27, Folder 8; Box 28; Box 29, Folder 11.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Georgia Historical Society Postcard Collection VM 1361PC, Boxes 6 and 8.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Georgia Historical Society Print Collection VM 1361PR, Boxes 2, 3, and 4.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

"Georgia's Seafood Industries are Picturesque and Profitable."  Georgia Progress Vol. IV No. 9 (March 1948).

 

Horne, Loring, native of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, March 2002, Wilmington Island, Georgia.

 

Insurance Maps of Thunderbolt, Georgia, 1888, 1898, 1916, 1950.  New York: Sanborn Map & Publishing Company, Ltd., 1888, 1898, 1916, 1950.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Johnson, Alice, resident of Thunderbolt.  Phone interview by author, February 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Johnson, Louise, resident of Thunderbolt.  Phone interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Julien K. Quattlebaum Collection MS 2168.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Lewis, Mrs. Murtis, native of Thunderbolt.  Phone interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

"Map of Thunderbolt, Georgia, 1976."  T. M. Reed, 1976.

 

Mulligan, George Oliver, Jr., resident of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, March 2002, Wilmington Island, Georgia.

 

Remer Young Lane Collection MS 2129, Box 1, Folders 2-4.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Rules and Regulations of the Savannah Yacht Club, 1886.  Savannah: George N. Nichols, Printer and Binder, 1886.

 

"Savannah and Its Environs 1733-1903 Vol. I-III."  Waring Map Collection, MS 1018.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Savannah Electric and Power Albums Collection VM 1381, Album 4.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

"Savannah-Leading Distribution Point for the Sea Food Trade in the Southeast."  The Fish and Oyster Reporter (May 1926): 6.

 

Savannah Yacht Club.  Savannah: Braid and Hutton, 1905.

 

"Savannah Yacht Club."  Savannah: Savannah Yacht Club, 1969.  Yacht Club Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Smalls, Reverend Leonard, minister of Litway Baptist Church.  Phone interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Sutlive, W. G.  "Savannah Yacht Club."  Outing, the Magazine of Amateur Sport and Pastime Vol. XXXIII No. 5 (February 1899).

 

Thomson, Hazel, resident of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, March 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Walter C. Hartridge Collection MS 1349, Box 59, Folders 985 and 1418; Box 74, Folder 1418.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Ward, Elizabeth, native of Thunderbolt.  Phone interview by author, April 2002, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Ware, Reuben.  "Thunderbolt: A Song about the Activities of the Blessing of the Fleet."  Words and Music.  1976. 

 

Wilharm, Joe, native of Thunderbolt.  Interview by author, March 2002, Wilmington Island, Georgia.

š Secondary Sources

Ables, Grover.  "Trawlers at Thunderbolt Refurbished for Big Day."  Savannah Morning News (3 April 1949).

 

Bell, Laura Palmer.  "A New Theory on the Plan of Savannah."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. XLVIII No. 2 (June 1964): 147-165.

 

Bishop, Brian R.  "Honoring Aunt Nellie."  Savannah Morning News (16 June 1996).

 

------"Thunderbolt Monument Honors Town's Fishing Legacy."  Savannah Morning News (3 June 1996): 1A.

 

Boats and Racing Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Bonaventure Historical Society.  Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia, Index Section A-H.  Savannah: Bonaventure Historical Society, Inc., 2000.

 

Bragg, Lillian Chaplin.  "Cricket Farm at Thunderbolt, n.d."  TMs (photocopy).  Lillian Chaplin Bragg Papers Collection MS 83, Folder 94, Item 831.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Byrd, Kenneth W.  Georgia Historical Markers: Coastal Counties.  Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1991.

 

Callaway, James Etheridge.  The Early Settlement of Georgia.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1948.

 

"Cannarella, Joseph."  GBS Notebooks.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

"The Capture of the U.S. Steamer 'Water Witch' in Ossabaw Sound, Georgia, June 2-3, 1864."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. 3 No. 1 (March 1919): 11.

 

Coulter, E. Merton and Albert B. Saye, eds.  A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1949.

 

Coulter, E. Merton, ed.  The Journal of William Stephens, 1743-1745, Vol. I.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1958.

 

------The Journal of William Stephens, 1743-1745, Vol. II.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1959.

 

D'Alonzo, Mary Beth.  Streetcars of Chatham County.  Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 1999.

 

Daniels, Ann Marshall.  "Construction Crew Uncovers Old Skeletons in Thunderbolt."  Savannah Evening Press (5 May 1977).

 

Darby, Betty.  "Thunderbolt New Bridge, Library On Way."  Savannah News Press (8 February 1987).

 

Davis, Curtis Carroll.  "Dr. Caruthers Confronts the Bureaucrats."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. LVI No. 1 (Spring 1972): 101-111.

 

Davis, Harold E.  The Fledgling Province: Social and Cultural Life in Colonial Georgia, 1733-1776.  Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1976.

 

DeBolt, Margaret Wayt.  Savannah: A Historical Portrait.  Virginia Beach: The Donning Company, Publishers, Inc., 1976.

 

DeBrahm, John Gerar William.  History of the Province of Georgia with Maps of Original Surveys.  Wormsloe: 1899.

 

Doster, Gary L.  Southeast Georgia in Vintage Postcards.  Charleston: Arcadia Publishing, 1998.

 

"Doyle, Michael J."  GBS Notebooks.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Eason, Henry.  The Savannah Electric and Power Company 1866-1971.  Savannah: 1971.

 

Fish and Shellfish Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

The Fishermen's Memorial.  Savannah: A. M. Edwards & Son Printing Company, 1996.

 

Floyd, M. H. and D. B.  "Thunderbolt, n.d."  TMs (photocopy).  M. H. and D. B. Floyd Papers, MS #1308, Box 41, Item #529.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Freeman, Ron.  Savannah People, Places and Events.  Savannah: H. Ronald Freeman, 1997.

 

Gatlin, Tasha.  "What is That Construction Project."  Savannah Morning News (4 February 2000): 2.

 

Gilreath, B. A.  "History of Thunderbolt."  TMs (photocopy).  Private Collection of Hazel Thomson.  Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

 

Granger, Mary, ed.  Savannah River Plantations.  Savannah Writers' Project.  Savannah: Georgia Historical Society, 1947.

 

Hall, Clyde W.  One Hundred Years of Educating at Savannah State College 1890-1990.  East Peoria: Versa Press, Inc., 1991.

 

Harden, William.  A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol. I.  Atlanta: Cherokee Publishing Company, 1969.

 

------Recollections of a Long and Satisfactory Life.  Savannah: Review Printing Company, Inc., 1934.

 

Hodlee, Thomas W. and Howard A. Schretter.  The Atlas of Georgia.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1986.

 

Horses Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Kelly, Patrick.  "Thunderbolt Holds Charm, Quaintness."  Savannah Morning News (31 March 1962).

 

Kilbourne, Elizabeth Evans.  Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Georgia Gazette) Vol. I, 1763-1770.  Savannah: Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, 1998.

 

------ Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Georgia Gazette) Vol. II, 1774-1785.  Savannah: Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, 1999.

 

------ Savannah, Georgia, Newspaper Clippings (Georgia Gazette) Vol. III, 1786-1792.  Savannah: Elizabeth Evans Kilbourne, 2000.

 

Lacey Biography File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Lamas, Claudia B.  "Fortification Survey of Savannah River and Area Waterways, Savannah, Georgia 1861-1865."  TMs (photocopy).  Minis Room, Lane Library, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Lane, Mills.  Savannah Revisited: History and Architecture.  Savannah: The Beehive Press, 1994.

 

Lanier, Al.  "Thunderbolt Fleet Heads South to Cash In On Shrimp Bonanza."  Savannah Morning News (13 February 1950): 14.

 

Ledlie, Joe.  "Damages in Blaze: $30,000."  Savannah Evening Press (22 June 1966).

 

Manzi, Raffaele.  The Italian-American Experience in Georgia.  New Jersey: Means, Inc., 1994.

 

Marshall, Ann.  "Thunderbolt Plans Municipal Building."  Savannah Evening Press (9 January 1969).

 

Mathews, A. C., Jr.  "Columns to Monuments."  Savannah Morning News (November): 12.

 

McPherson, Robert G., ed.  The Journal of the Earl of Egmont: Abstracts of the Trustees Proceedings for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia, 1732-1733.  Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 1962.

 

Miles, Jim.  Civil War Sites in Georgia.  Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1996.

 

Olmstead, Florence.  "Old City and Suburban Car Lines."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. 28 No. 3 (September 1944): 138-140.

 

"Queries and Answers."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. I No. 3: 275-76.

 

Rubin, Rabbi Saul Jacob.  Third to None, the Saga of Savannah Jewry, 1733-1983.  Savannah: The Congregation Mickve Israel, 1983.

 

Russell, Preston and Barbara Hines.  Savannah: A History of Her People Since 1733.  Savannah: Frederic C. Beil, Publishers, Inc., 1992.

 

Savannah Evening Press (Savannah, Georgia).

 

Savannah Morning News (Savannah, Georgia).

 

Savannah Newspaper Digests, 1929-1950.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Savannah Tribune (Savannah).

 

Savannah Unit, Federal Writers' Project, Works Progress Administration of Georgia.  "Causton's Bluff, Deptford, Brewton Hill, Three Allied Plantations."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol.  No. 1 (March 1939): 28-54.

 

Savannah Yacht Club Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Sewell, Cliff.  "The Age of Pavilions."  Savannah Morning News Magazine (4 October 1964): 6-7.

 

Shearouse, E. L.  "Southern History."  The Thunderbolt Vol. 1 No. 3 (16 March 1956): 2.

 

Shepherd, Millard.  "Thunderbolt Fleet Blessed with Impressive Ceremonies."  Savannah Morning News (11 June 1951).

 

Skutch, Jan.  "First Cases Heard in New Facilities."  Savannah Evening Press (6 June 1973).

 

Smith, Derek.  Civil War Savannah.  Savannah: Frederic C. Beil, Publishers, Inc., 1997.

 

"SSU History: A Brief History,"http://www.savstate.edu/welcome/history.html, last updated November 1998, accessed 10 April 2002.

 

St. John, Wylly Folk.  "Old World Ceremony Echoed at Thunderbolt in Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet."  Atlanta Journal and Constitution Magazine (19 July 1951): 6.

 

Stoddard, Ann.  "Thunderbolt, 1973."  TMs (photocopy).  Georgia Room, Bull Street Branch, Chatham-Effingham-Liberty Counties Library, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Sutlive, John.  "The Casino, Thunderbolt, Georgia, 1975."  TMs (photocopy).  Thunderbolt Clipping File, Georgia Room, Bull Street Branch, Chatham-Effingham-Liberty Counties Library, Savannah, Georgia.

 

"Roger Hugh Lacey, the First Grand Master of Masons in Georgia."  Alee Temple Fez (August 1961): 4.

 

The Thunderbolt (Thunderbolt, Georgia).  1956.

 

Thunderbolt Clipping File.  Georgia Room, Bull Street Branch, Chatham-Effingham-Liberty County Libraries, Savannah, Georgia.

 

"Thunderbolt, Georgia Centennial 1856-1956."  Official Program, 2-4 March 1956.

 

Thunderbolt Museum Society Scrapbook.  Thunderbolt Museum Society, Thunderbolt, Georgia.

 

Thunderbolt Vertical File.  Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.

 

Toledano, Roulhac.  The National Trust Guide to Savannah.  New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 1997.

 

Walck, Pamela E.  "Thunderbolt Residents Rally Behind Their Library."  Savannah Morning News (19 July 2001): C1.

 

Warren, Mary Bondurant and Jack Moreland Jones, eds.  Georgia Governor and Council Journals 1753-1760.  Danielsville: Hermitage Press, 1991.

 

------Georgia Governor and Council Journals 1761-1767.  Athens: Heritage Press, 1992.

 

Weeks, Carl Solana.  The Road to Revolution in Colonial Georgia: Savannah in the Time of Peter Tondee.  Columbia: Summerhouse Press, 1997.

 

Wheeler, Frank T.  "Georgia History in Pictures: Working the Catch: Coastal Georgia's Seafood Industry and Its Biracial Labor Force."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. LXXXI No. 2 (Summer 1997): 485-497.

 

------The Savannah Races.  Dover: Arcadia Publishing, 1998.

 

Whitson, Vin.  "History of Thunderbolt."  Thunderbolt, Georgia Centennial 1856-1956 (2-5 March 1956), Official Program.

 

Wilson, Adelaide.  Historic and Picturesque Savannah.  Boston: Boston Photogravure Company, 1889.

 

Wood, Louise Ambos and Elizabeth T. Holloway.  "A Brief Resume of Christianity in Thunderbolt."  Thunderbolt Museum Society Scrapbook.

 

Wood, Louise Ambos.  "A Brief History of Saint Luke's Lutheran Church: November 9, 1930-November 7, 1965, 35th Anniversary."  Thunderbolt Museum Society Scrapbook.

 

Wood, Sylvia.  "Interesting Firsts of Thunderbolt."  The Thunderbolt Vol. 1 No. 2 (4 March 1956): 8.

 

------"The Naming of Thunderbolt."  The Thunderbolt Vol. 1 No. 1 (19 February 1956): 3.

 

------"Our Government."  The Thunderbolt Vol. 1 No. 3 (16 March 1956): 1.

 

Workers of the Writers' Program of the Works Progress Administration of the State of Georgia.  Georgia: The WPA Guide to its Towns and Countryside.  The University of South Carolina Press.  Thunderbolt Museum Society Scrapbook.

 

Young, Roger W.  "Two Years at Fort Barstow, 1862-1864."  The Georgia Historical Quarterly Vol. XXIII No. 3 (September 1939): 253-264.