- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Coheelee Creek Covered Bridge historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Early County
Covered bridges--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Early County, Hilton, 31.28823, -85.06521
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Fannie Askew Williams Park, Old River Rd., 2 miles from Hilton
Text of marker: "COHEELEE CREEK COVERED BRIDGE. ACCORDING TO THE MAY 2, 1883 MINUTES OF THE EARLY COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, A COMMISSION WAS APPOINTED "TO INQUIRE INTO THE PRACTICABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A BRIDGE ACROSS COHEELEE CREEK AT McDONALD FORD." HOWEVER,THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT WAS NOT LET UNTIL JULY 7, 1891. COST OF LABOR AND SUPPLIES TOTALED $490.41 WITH J.W. BAUGHMAN SERVING AS SUPERVISOR AND W.C. SHEFFIELD, CHAIRMAN OF THE 1891 COMMISSIONERS. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE EARLY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 1980 J.J. JAXON CO. - EUFAULA, AL." - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_coheelee-creek-covered-bridge
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_coheelee-creek-covered-bridge
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
