Queen City of the Chattahoochee - GHC 030-4 - Fort Gaines.,Ga.
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N 31° 36.209 W 085° 02.933
16R E 685098 N 3498138
Located at Junction of Ga 37 and Ga 39 on Washington St, Fort Gaines
Waymark Code: WM8W34
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
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Known by the Indians as A-Con-Hollo-Way Tal-lo fa (Highland Town), Fort Gaines, established as a frontier fort in 1816 by Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, was chartered as a town in 1830 and named for Gen Gaines. A shipping point for cotton planters for many miles on both sides of the river, it was the most important point between Apalachicola and Columbus until the railroads in 1858. Huge warehouse along the river held thousands of bales of cotton for shipping in large steamboats. Traces of a slide down the bluff to the warehouse still exist. The Hartford Road was a main traffic artery. First merchants were Hartwell Tarver, John Brochman and John Dill.
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 030-4

Date: 1957

Sponsor: Georgia HIstorical Commission

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