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Lincoln County In 1953 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leased to the state of Georgia this property for the purpose of creating a state park. The Corps obtained the property from local landowner J. F. Fortson who became the park's first superintendent. The park is a memorial to a Georgia Revolutionary War Hero and statesman General Elijah Clark. He, his wife Hannah and several of their children are buried on the park. In 1958 a memorial museum was built to honor the men and women who pioneered Georgia and fought for independence. The park provides a variety of recreational activities on J. Strom Thurmond Lake. The lake covers 72,000 acres and is the largest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project east of the Mississippi River. |
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