Peachtree Road - GHM 067-2A
N 34° 00.361 W 084° 08.142
16S E 764534 N 3766523
The point where the 'old road' entered the 'highway'.
Waymark Code: WM10GJ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2006
Views: 35
At Fort Daniel on Hog Mountain, about 12 miles NE, began the original Peachtree Road to the village of Standing Peachtree on the Chattahoochee River. This old road was opened to haul military supplies to the river. These were to be floated downstream to Gen. Jackson's and Gen. Floyd's troops, converging on the Indians in the Creek Wars of 1813-1814. Built in late 1813 or early 1814, Fort Daniel, a stockade, was the extreme western point in Georgia. All land to the west and northwest was Indian country. The old road entered the present highway here.
GHM 067-2A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: GHM 067-2A
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Not listed
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