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Savannah Cruzers offers eco-friendly electric car tours of Historic Downtown Savannah, plus golf-cart tours through the famed Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, GA.

“Rain or shine, Savannah’s beauty never skips a beat! ☔️⚡️ Our electric car is geared up to glide you past iconic spots ...
06/05/2025

“Rain or shine, Savannah’s beauty never skips a beat! ☔️⚡️ Our electric car is geared up to glide you past iconic spots like the Telfair Museums—even if the skies open up. Stay cozy and dry in our covered ride while you soak in 300 years of history. Book your tour today and let the only thing wet be those cobblestones underfoot. 🌧️🚗✨

Storms are gone, Savannah is beautiful just after the rain! Come crusing with us to find out more!
05/09/2025

Storms are gone, Savannah is beautiful just after the rain! Come crusing with us to find out more!

Join us on leisurely cruz through Bonaventure Cemetery this afternoon …
05/02/2025

Join us on leisurely cruz through Bonaventure Cemetery this afternoon …

The oldest known burials in Bonaventure Cemetery actually predate the cemetery itself. Back in the days when Bonaventure...
09/27/2022

The oldest known burials in Bonaventure Cemetery actually predate the cemetery itself. Back in the days when Bonaventure was a plantation owned by the Tattnall family, they reserved an area to be used as a family graveyard. These graves can still be found today, in section E, plot 1, of Bonaventure cemetery. The oldest graves in that plot that we know of belong to Harriet Tattnall, wife of Josiah Tattnall, who died in 1802. Four of her children are also buried in the plot, with death dates going back as far as 1794.

When the land was sold and made to be a cemetery in 1846, the Tattnall family graveyard was turned into the first family plot! However, it may be confusing to an unknowing onlooker, because there are headstones at Bonaventure with death dates long before 1846, even death dates before Harriet and her children. This is because it became popular to have your family members reinterred in Bonaventure cemetery. Many bodies and headstones were moved to Bonaventure from other cemeteries to make this happen.

Photo: An 1876 photograph of the Tattnall plot.

Source: Library of Congress

09/20/2022

You will see contemplation benches throughout Bonaventure in private family plots. Some are dilapidated and in a state of ruins. But that's part of their appeal. Please be respectful and stay on the pathways where we are all allowed. These benches are for the families..
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The Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia has an interesting history. This large hotel was founded by Mary Marshall in 185...
09/15/2022

The Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia has an interesting history. This large hotel was founded by Mary Marshall in 1851. Mary was a Savannah business woman who saw a need for more housing as Savannah grew in popularity. Although it was a hotel, some people lived at the Marshall House full time. Now, it is the oldest operating hotel in the city.

Throughout the Marshall House’s history, it has served as an emergency hospital three times. Twice during Savannah’s yellow fever epidemics of the 1800s, and in 1864, it became a hospital for Union troops during the Civil War. The hotel was closed in 1895, and reopened in 1899 with brand new electricity and plumbing.

Another interesting fact is that Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, lived at the Marshall House during the reconstruction era. It is unknown if he wrote any books while staying there, but many believe that he did.

In 1957, the Marshall House was closed because it was not up to code with fire safety rules. The upper floors were abandoned and the bottom level was used as a variety of different businesses. It was like this for many years until it was renovated and restored in the late 1990s, opening its doors to guests once again. With a colorful history like this, it’s no wonder that many people believe the Marshall House is haunted.

Photo: Savannah Postcard Collection, MS 016, Jen Library Archives and Special Collections, the Savannah College of Art and Design

On January 17, 1920, the 18th amendment was passed, which federally prohibited the sale of alcohol in America. However, ...
09/14/2022

On January 17, 1920, the 18th amendment was passed, which federally prohibited the sale of alcohol in America. However, Georgia being a conservative state had been implementing a prohibition since 1908. These bans caused problems nationwide, so what was Savannah doing during this time?

Savannah has always been known as a town that loved drinking, despite hard liquor being banned in the early days of the colony. The prohibition hit this town hard, with many businesses suffering. Savannah was actually so opposed to the prohibition, that it threatened to succeed from Georgia and become the state of Savannah. Of course, locals found a way to work around the ban, and it wasn’t long before Savannah was one of the hot spots for bootlegging in the south.

People utilized Savannah’s marshes to create liquor, where the geography was easy to hide the stills. These “moonshiners” would bring their alcohol to boats situated 3 miles off the coast of Georgia - officially international waters. The alcohol would wait on these boats in large containers where men called “rum runners” would meet the boats, grab some alcohol, and utilize the inter coastal waterway as a safe path inland, where they would sell it to businesses and private parties - but not before sometimes smuggling the liquor through secret underground tunnels. The winding rivers and complicated terrain of the inter coastal waterway allowed the rum runners safety - only locals knew the best paths, and the government would have a hard time tracking them. This procedure was how most locals got their alcohol during the prohibition.

Savannah was also famous for speakeasies. Speakeasies are establishments that secretly functioned as bars. Many of these establishments would also be restaurants and pharmacies, and some would have secret cellars where liquor was hidden. The Distillery Ale House in Savannah was one of these speakeasies, and The Crystal Beer Parlor may have been too. The Crystal Beer Parlor, then known as The Crystal Reataurant, was the first establishment to sell alcohol once it was made legal again, nearly immediately. This could be because they never actually stopped having alcohol in the building.

Photo: New Georgia Encyclopedia

Orleans Square, one of Savannah’s 22 squares, was created in 1815. It was named after the Battle of New Orleans in 1812....
09/12/2022

Orleans Square, one of Savannah’s 22 squares, was created in 1815. It was named after the Battle of New Orleans in 1812. You can find this square at the crossing of West McDonough and Barnard street. Interesting things to see around the square include the Harper Fowlkes House, a mansion built in 1842 that is now a museum. The John Ash house is also located there. Built in 1817, it is the oldest building around the square. The center of the square has a German Memorial Fountain, erected in 1989 to honor the German immigrants who were vital in the early days of Savannah. Orleans square is also located conveniently close to the Civic Center.

Photo: Library of Congress

Did you know the first emancipation proclamation happened by a Savannah area General? David Hunter was a Union General d...
09/11/2022

Did you know the first emancipation proclamation happened by a Savannah area General? David Hunter was a Union General during the Civil War. He spent time at Ft Pulaski, close to Savannah, where he assisted runaway slaves. He had some military power over Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, and on May 9, 1862, he took it upon himself to declare martial law and call for the immediate unauthorized emancipation of enslaved people in those states. Sadly, it did not work as planned. Ten days later, President Lincoln voided Hunter’s proclamation. However, it wasn’t long before Lincoln released his own Emancipation Proclamation, and many believe David Hunter’s act of justice pushed Lincoln to publicly do so. Prior to Hunter’s brave act, Lincoln was planning a “gradual emancipation”.

Photos: iowaculture.gov

Have you ever heard people say that Savannah is built on graves? Well, that is actually true. One such example is Calhou...
09/07/2022

Have you ever heard people say that Savannah is built on graves? Well, that is actually true. One such example is Calhoun Square in Savannah.

In the past, the city of Savannah required that all enslaved people be buried in designated burial grounds. One of those was the location that is now Calhoun Square. There are estimated to be about 1,000 unmarked graves of enslaved people buried in the general area of Calhoun Square.

Most of this was believed to be rumor and local legend until it was confirmed in the early 2000s, when city construction unearthed human remains.

It was always known that there had been a designated cemetery in that area, but in the 1850s when Laurel Grove Cemetery was opened, the other graveyards closed and were turned into other things. People were responsible for moving their family members into Laurel Grove and it is likely that many, if not most, could not afford for their family members' graves to be moved. The Savannah of the past proceeded to build over these people’s graves, and very few records were kept in regards to these individuals.



Photo: Wikipedia

Everyone has heard the story of the Mercer Williams house as it relates to the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and E...
09/05/2022

Everyone has heard the story of the Mercer Williams house as it relates to the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, but the house actually has a history dating back to the 1860s.

It was originally owned and designed for Confederate General Hugh Mercer in 1860, but construction was never finished due to the Civil War. In 1868, it was purchased and finished building by John Wilder. Interestingly, and to many people's surprise, none of the Mercer family ever lived in the house.

In the early 1900s, the home was used as a temple for the Savannah Shriners. When Jim Williams purchased and restored the house in 1969, it had been vacant for years.

Photo: Mercer Williams House Museum

Victorians were known for their acceptance of death and their unique ways of dealing with it. With as many as 57% of chi...
09/05/2022

Victorians were known for their acceptance of death and their unique ways of dealing with it. With as many as 57% of children not making it to the age of 5, and a lifespan only averaging 45 years, death was a much more common and integral part of society. Humans were forced to deal with this harsh reality a lot more frequently. Most deaths also happened at home as opposed to hospitals, so the average person was far more comfortable with this stage of life than modern day humans.

After you lost a loved one, you were expected to go into a period of mourning. Depending on who you are and the relationship to the deceased, you could expect to be in mourning for up to two years. As you can imagine, with the death rates in the 1800s, people stayed in mourning a lot. Women in mourning wore all black clothing, veils over their faces, and special ornamentation known as mourning jewelry.

Mourning jewelry takes many forms - from a locket with a photo of your loved one, to an engraved bracelet. Perhaps the strangest form of mourning jewelry though, is Victorian hair art. People would take locks of their loved ones' hair and have everything from necklaces to rings, bracelets, even wall art made out of it! Today this would be considered macabre, but for people of the past, it was a beautiful way to commemorate a lost loved one and hold them close.

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