FORT HUGHES - WPA - Bainbridge, Ga.
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N 30° 54.585 W 084° 34.659
16R E 731502 N 3422114
Located on Back Street East edge of river bridge, Bainbridge, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM8H1E
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/02/2010
Views: 11
Four blocks west is the site of Fort Hughes, built in 1817, by the 7th Regiment of the U.S. Infantry under the command of Captain John M. McIntosh. This fort served as a protection for foraging parties and as a trading post and U.S. Arsenal during the First Seminole War.
A Federal Monument marks the site of the fort and is near the grave of Bugler Hughes who fell in a fight with the Indians November 28, 1817.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 27-R6
Sponsor: Erected by WPA or U.S. Works Progress Administration
Date: Not listed
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