In late June 1935, Ivan Tomkins, a naturalist from Savannah, wrote to Francis Harper that he had heard a fairly good rumor that the Okefinokee is to be bought as a preserve, and no roads are to be put through it. Harper replied that Congress had authorized the purchase of the Okefenokee and the highway foolishness had been stopped.

In late June 1935, Ivan Tomkins, a naturalist from Savannah, wrote to Francis Harper that he had heard a fairly good rumor that the Okefinokee is to be bought as a preserve, and no roads are to be put through it. Harper replied that Congress had authorized the purchase of the Okefenokee and the highway foolishness had been stopped.

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Floyds Island 1838, Hebard Cabin 1925, Okefenokee Swamp

1 January 1925

In late June 1935, Ivan Tomkins, a naturalist from Savannah, wrote to Francis Harper that he had heard a fairly good rumor that the Okefinokee is to be bought as a preserve, and no roads are to be put through it. Harper replied that Congress had authorized the purchase of the Okefenokee and the highway foolishness had been stopped.

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