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Its ruins are somewhere in the swamps of Georgia. What will it take to find them?

Amplifying Atlanta

CEDAR KEY — Hurricane Sally’s outer winds were blowing hard, churning two-foot waves as Larry Woodward beached the skiff on Atsena Otie Key. The island, rich in history and wildlife, is disappearing, succumbing steadily to rising seas and hellacious storms that pummel the historic mills, cemetery and bird-loving habitats. The race was on: To get on and off the key before the Gulf became unnavigable — and to preserve what remains of the Native American, colonial, military and industrial histories. Atsena Otie — “Cedar Island” in the language of the Muscogee — is part of the Lower...