 Soon after the title was granted, Brunswick had a courthouse, a jail, and about thirty houses and stores.Along with the founder of the Brunswick and Florida Railroad, Thomas Butler King of St. Simons Island, Dart and Davis formed a company to construct a canal north to the Altamaha River, connecting the natural port with interior plantations.In 1836, the Oglethorpe House hotel was built; two years later, a newspaper was started and a new bank opened.