Fort Gaines-GHM 030-6-Clay Co
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N 31° 36.311 W 085° 03.283
16R E 684541 N 3498316
Site of old fort, Bluff Street, Fort Gaines
Waymark Code: WMANRW
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/05/2011
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One of several forts on Georgia’s western frontier for the protection of white settlers, Fort Gaines was established in 1816 by order of Gen. Edmund P. Gaines, commander of a large district, who used this as his headquarters. Containing two blockhouses, the 100-foot square fort was enclosed by a stockade eight feet high. During 1817 when Indians were near in the area, settlers look refuge in the fort, garrisoned by Federal troops under Gen. John Dill. Maintained for a number of years, the fort stood on the brow of the buff just below the confluence of Town Branch with Chemochechobee Creek.
030-6 Georgia Historical Commission 1957
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 030-6
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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