Oatland Island, located five miles east of Savannah, Georgia, has a unique history. Although it is an education center today, the walls once housed retired railroad conductors, patients, scientists, inventors, and teachers. This book showcases various photographs of the Oatland Island facilities, and documents the rich history and stories of its evolution from a retirement community for the Order of Railway Conductors, to a United States Public Heath Service research hospital, to the original location of the Centers for Disease Control, and to the Oatland Island Wildlife Center of Savannah, Georgia.
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By David Critchfield
Oct 15, 2009
"Oatland Island: Photographs and History" This is a fascinating history told in words and pictures of Oatland Island. The focus is on the building that has been a home for retired railroad conductors, a hospital for sexually transmitted diseases, a laboratory for malaria research, and more. The history is told chronologically, never spending too much time in one era, and is chock full of beautiful photographs. Recommended.
