Old Savannah Road GHM 053-8
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Markerman62
N 32° 49.038 W 082° 24.293
17S E 368486 N 3631907
On US 1 near Greens Old Mill Rd and south of Wadley.
Waymark Code: WMNV52
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/04/2015
Views: 7
The highway bearing westward is the Old Savannah Road, a pioneer trace from Savannah to the western frontier and Indian country. From here it led by Riddleville and Sandersville to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below Milledgeville. There it joined the main Lower Creek Trading Path from Augusta to the Creek Indians. It is believed General Oglethorpe travelled this way in 1739 on his trip to treat with the Indians at Coweta Town, on the Chattahoochee River, below Columbus in present Alabama. He left from Mt. Pleasant on the Savannah River and probably entered this route just west of Paramore Hill.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 053-8
Date: 1963
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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