Historic Taverns on this Road-GHM 051-9-Effingham Co
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Sprinterman
N 32° 21.014 W 081° 13.277
17S E 479178 N 3579278
Ga 275 about 2 miles east of Ga 21
Waymark Code: WMCGGE
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/05/2011
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Five miles South on this road, George Washington spent Sunday night, May 15, 1791, at the house of ´one Spencer.´ the occasion was Washington´s Southern tour, and he was travelling in his carriage over this road from Savannah to Augusta.
Four miles south on this road, another famous tavern, ´Martin Dasher´s Old Public House,´ stood for many years. Martin Dasher himself operated the tavern as early as the Revolution, and it was still in operation, a regular stop on the Stage Road, in 1816.
GHM 051-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 051-9
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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