- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Fort Peach Tree historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Fulton County
Fortification--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: At Fort Peachtree, Atlanta Water Works, off Ridgewood Rd.
Text of marker: "FORT PEACH TREE. With Creek Indians as British allies & Cherokees loyal to U. S., in War of 1812, it was expedient to locate a fort at Standing Peach Tree on the Chattahoochee - the boundary line. Lt. Geo. Gilmer (later, twice Gov. of Georgia) was sent here (1814) with a small force to erect a fort & protect workmen building flat boats for shipping supplies to Ft. Mitchell. Lt. Gilmer's fort was built on the knoll N. of & at the mouth of Peachtree Cr. J. McC. Montgomery, Supt. of Artificers, set up the boat-yard in the flat area S. of the cr. - a bridge connecting it with the fort. Montgomery returned to this vicinity as a resident, about 1821. 060-61 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_fort-peach-tree
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_fort-peach-tree
- 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:
-
