A collection of historical sketches tracing the rise and decline of numerous early settlements in Georgia. The author assembles local traditions, maps, plans, and archival reports to reconstruct founding circumstances, population sources, economic pursuits, and the environmental and geopolitical pressures that caused communities to flourish and later vanish. Individual chapters profile places such as Ebenezer, Frederica, Sunbury, Hardwick, and others, describing town layouts, notable events, and patterns of abandonment driven by disease, marshy terrain, military threats, and changing trade. Illustrations and plans accompany concise narrative reconstructions and gathered memories.