A resident of Saint George Island explores the talents and motivation that led a poet and evangelist to purchase the Island in 1916.
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William Lee began to acquire land and leases to Oyster bottoms but suffered ups and downs due to rivalries and accusations of fraud.
Sales of lots were slow until he hit upon a way to provide income from oystering.
The charismatic William Lee Popham was a gifted speaker and enthusiastic writer who used his romance novels as equity to purchase the island.
A resident of Saint George Island explores the talents and motivation that led a poet and evangelist to purchase the Island in 1916