The Varns, the Langdales, and the Sessoms expanded their land holdings and began to plant and protect pine plantations around the Okefenokee. Toledo Manufacturing Company and Superior Pine Products Company began practicing scientific forestry by the mid- 1920s, but much of the barren and ragged landscape persisted.... US. Senator William J. Harris introduced a bill, S.5714 - To Establish the Okefenokee Wildlife and Fish Refuge, on February 4, 1929.

The Varns, the Langdales, and the Sessoms expanded their land holdings and began to plant and protect pine plantations around the Okefenokee. Toledo Manufacturing Company and Superior Pine Products Company began practicing scientific forestry by the mid- 1920s, but much of the barren and ragged landscape persisted.... US. Senator William J. Harris introduced a bill, S.5714 - To Establish the Okefenokee Wildlife and Fish Refuge, on February 4, 1929.

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Floyds Island 1838, Hebard Cabin 1925, Okefenokee Swamp

1 January 1925

The Varns, the Langdales, and the Sessoms expanded their land holdings and began to plant and protect pine plantations around the Okefenokee. Toledo Manufacturing Company and Superior Pine Products Company began practicing scientific forestry by the mid- 1920s, but much of the barren and ragged landscape persisted.... US. Senator William J. Harris introduced a bill, S.5714 - To Establish the Okefenokee Wildlife and Fish Refuge, on February 4, 1929.

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