Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this episode of Adventures Into History, I’m joined by Charles Hartley as we explore the forgotten remains of two early plantation-era settlements in Harris County, Georgia. We begin our journey at the Dozier family cemetery, where descendants have recently begun preservation work.
From there, we head into the woods to find the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Dozier plantation house—its stacked stone foundation and footprint still telling the story of a once-thriving homestead. Perhaps most surprising is the discovery of a stone-lined well on the property—a rare and historic feature in west-central Georgia, where most wells were not lined with stone.
But the adventure doesn’t stop there. We continue deeper into the past as we locate the ruins of the Lowe plantation site. This once-bustling homestead has also vanished from living memory, but what remains is a series of foundations and stone structures hinting at the plantation's former scale and importance.
Together, these sites form a larger story—a forgotten plantation community now lost to time, but not to history. These ruins are more than broken bricks and toppled stones; they are links to lives once lived, and to a Georgia that most have forgotten.
→ Watch preservation in action: youtube.com/@TheRandomAdventuresChannel
→ Support this work: paypal.me/rwrightphotography
In this episode of Adventures Into History, I’m joined by Charles Hartley as we explore the forgotten remains of two early plantation-era settlements in Harris County, Georgia. We begin our journey at the Dozier family cemetery, where descendants have recently begun preservation work.
From there, we head into the woods to find the remarkably well-preserved ruins of the Dozier plantation house—its stacked stone foundation and footprint still telling the story of a once-thriving homestead. Perhaps most surprising is the discovery of a stone-lined well on the property—a rare and historic feature in west-central Georgia, where most wells were not lined with stone.
But the adventure doesn’t stop there. We continue deeper into the past as we locate the ruins of the Lowe plantation site. This once-bustling homestead has also vanished from living memory, but what remains is a series of foundations and stone structures hinting at the plantation's former scale and importance.
Together, these sites form a larger story—a forgotten plantation community now lost to time, but not to history. These ruins are more than broken bricks and toppled stones; they are links to lives once lived, and to a Georgia that most have forgotten.
→ Watch preservation in action: youtube.com/@TheRandomAdventuresChannel
→ Support this work: paypal.me/rwrightphotography
