Hudson Creek is a tidal tributary of the Carnigan River. Adjacent to Tolomato Island, it has been witness to at least 4000 years of human history, beginning with the indigenous Swift Creek and Guale-Tolomato peoples, who according to archaeological studies were living in the area as early as 2000 BCE. Their demise may have coincided with the appearance of Spanish missionaries in the late 1500s, though this remains a subject of debate. By the early 1800s, two of Georgia’s earliest industrial sites, a sugar mill and rum distillery dependent on the labor of enslaved people, was operating here, and thrived until 1824.