Great Indian Trading Path DAC - Summerville - Augusta, Richmond County
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Great Indian Trading Path - McDowell Street at Johns Road, Summerville Neighborhood, Augusta, Richmond County - DAC marker 1986
Waymark Code: WM258V
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2007
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GREAT INDIAN TRADING PATH
The Colonial Great Indian Trading Path crossed
land now part of Augusta College and followed
a part of the present McDowell Street. It was
variously called Trading Road, Augusta Road, and
the Creek Indian Path. Early platts show it on
land owned by Robert Walton, Abia Clay and
Francis Willis.
During the colonial era the Path was Augusta's
lifeline of profitable Indian trade: the exchange
of English goods
for furs brought in from the
wilderness. Along this trail and its connections
a lively commersce was carried on with tribes
westward through Georgia and Alabama, to
Mississippi and Tennessee
DEDICATED BY NATIONAL SOCIETY DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS
GEORGE WALTON CHAPTER 1986
This marker is located in the historic Summerville neighborhood on the southeastern corner of Augusta State University's campus (formerly Augusta College) next to Boykin Wright Hall. This is one of four historical markers on the small campus that occupies about the area of a full city block.
Type of Marker: Other
Date: 1986
Marker #: Not listed
Sponsor: Not listed
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