Washington Pump & Oak GHM 020-3
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N 30° 43.479 W 081° 32.856
17R E 447572 N 3399214
The Washington Pump & Oak historical marker is located at the intersection of Osborne and Conyers Streets in St. Marys, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM36GR
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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The marker reads as follows:

There were originally six wells one in each square, the only source of pure water for St. Marys, (until the tidal wave of 1818).

On the day that the Father of His Country was buried at Mr. Vernon local services were also held throughout the nation. St. Marys citizens marched to the dock to meet a boat bearing a flag draped casket; bore it up Osborn St. and with due ceremony and firing of guns, buried it where the Well known as the "Washington Pump" now is.

To mark the spot, four oaks were planted and have since been known as the "Washington Oaks". Only this one remains. This well was driven the year of Washington's burial and has ever since been called the "Washington Pump".
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 020-3

Date: 1953

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission

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