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With the threat of civil war looming, many Camden Hunt Club members feared the loss of a way of life they cherished. The daytime conversations and evening toasts often echoed these concerns. At one such gathering in 1838, the hunt club president raised a glass to the State Rights Party of the South, declaring: They will draw the sword and deluge the country with blood before they will yield a particle of their 'Reserved Rights. ' Those fears materialized following the fall of the South. The ensuing economic hardships took a toll on the Floyd family, and the Camden Hunt Club eventually became a casualty of the conflict. Soon, the lush tapestry of mature pine and oak hammocks reverted to a tangled thicket. More than half a century passed before Howard Coffin, one of the founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company, acquired the acreage and re-established Cabin Bluff as a world-class hunting and fishing plantation. A well-connected automotive pioneer, Coffin invited other industrialists, celebrities, and politicians to his sporting plantation. One of his most celebrated guests was the country's First Fisherman, John Calvin Coolidge Jr., and the First Lady, Grace Coolidge. S P R I N G 2 0 1 7 | The LandReport 63 LANDREPORT.COM A favorite game of Native Americans, the eastern wild turkey (above) thrives in Georgia and has long been a fixture at Cabin Bluff (below).