Massive piece of land once owned by Ty Cobb for sale in Georgia [Video]

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — For years, First Coast News has reported on the growing pains of home building in the region. With a booming population, many forests are being cut down for new subdivisions. 

But a man in Glynn County is bucking the trend and saying “no” to large-scale development with the hopes of preserving nature and the history behind one specific plot of land.

At the dawn of the 20th century, the wealthiest people in America flocked to Jekyll Island. Luxurious homes were built and a select group of those wealthy people, including Major League Baseball owners and future Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, bought land west of Brunswick for a hunting and campsite called Cabbage Bluff and Dover Hall Plantation.

In 1915, those original baseball owners had designs to turn the land into the home of …