Eastpoint Was Originally Founded by a Communal Religious Group

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Did you know that Eastpoint was founded by a communal religious group of families who dubbed themselves the Co-Workers Fraternity? These families traveled down the Chattahoochee River from Georgia 1898 in order to begin a new life together as a community. The families owned their own land, but the profits they made harvesting seafood, farming, and selling lumber were shared.

Strawberry Picking in Eastpoint, Florida in the Early 1900’s

In addition to creating a colony focused on economic production, the Co-Workers’ Fraternity was also concerned with spiritual, philosophical, and religious study.

Music Was an Important Part of Early Eastpoint Life

Photos of Eastpoint in the early 1900’s from the Brown Family Collection in the (State Archives of Florida)

History – Forgotten Coast Fun

Eastpoint Was Originally Founded by a Communal Religious Group