Old Savannah Road-GHM-081-9-Jefferson Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 51.663 W 082° 28.738
17S E 361618 N 3636852
US 319/US 221 about 1.5 miles S of Bartow near Nails Creek
Waymark Code: WM6H6B
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/04/2009
Views: 6
The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below today´s Milledgeville, along the course of a former trading path to the Creek Indians of western Georgia and eastern Alabama. It is believed General Oglethorpe travelled this part of the Indian trail in 1739 on his way to treat with the Indians at Coweta Town, on the Chattahoochee River below Columbus in present Alabama. Much of this pioneer thoroughfare remains in daily use
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 081-9
Date: 1956
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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