The Blackshear Road - WPA 87 F-6 - Dodge County
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Sprinterman
N 32° 12.249 W 083° 11.080
17S E 294083 N 3565157
US 23 in Eastman at the American Legion Post
Waymark Code: WMA5H2
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/20/2010
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At this point the highway was originally known as the Blackshear Road. It was planned and cut out in 1815 by Major Elijah Blackshear and a company of Georgia Volunteer Militia. This road gained fame as the alternative route used by General David Blackshear during his defense of the threatened invasion of the Southern border of Georgia in the War of 1812.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 87 F-6
Date: ???
Sponsor: WPA and the State of Georgia
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