Just around the bend from Suwannee Lake stands this simple house, typical of the utilitarian homesteads of the Okefenokee. It’s likely one of the very last standing. Restored older examples can be found at Okefenokee Swamp Park and Obediah’s Okefenok.
Thank you Brian for all you have placed for us to enjoy. This old house looks so much like my grandmother’s home. She lived about a l/3 mile past Suwannee Chapel (pittman chapel) towards Hamp Mizell’s place. As a child we visited often as well as Hamp Mizell’s Suwannee Lake, many memories here. Wanda
Who lived in the old Red house
hThe old hose on Hamp Mizel road was Mr.Lonnie Lee and his wife. They alway planted a little garden every year next to the house and his old Ford truck would set out side of the road as I passed by. I was a trapper I killed my first otter in that Hamp Zmizel LAke I fished there just last month and fish Suwannee creek every week.
Okefenokee Swamp brought back many memories for me. I have been near it several times on trips to and from GA but never through it. There was a movie made about it starring Walter Brenan if I remember correctly
Where did the name come from, Seminoles? .As you know I grew up in FL. The name is similar to the name of that big lake in the middle of FL.
Victor, the name means “Trembling Earth”, from the Hitchiti (Creek) language.
Thanks. I didn’t think the Seminoles got that far north.
The name of the movie is Swamp Water. One of our all time favorites?
I like this!
On Sat, May 11, 2019, 11:13 AM Vanishing South Georgia Photographs by Brian Brown wrote:
> Brian Brown posted: ” Just around the bend from Suwannee Lake stands this > simple house, typical of the utilitarian homesteads of the Okefenokee. It’s > one of a very few in existence. Restored older examples can be found at > Okefenokee Swamp Park and Obediah’s Okefenok. &n” >