- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Founding of Fort Gaines historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Clay County
Fortification--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Clay County, Fort Gaines, 31.60924, -85.04933
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 39 north of Fort Gaines at East Bank Area on Lake Walter George
Text of marker: "FOUNDING OF FORT GAINES. A military garrison, later named Fort Gaines, was established on the Chattahoochee River in 1814 to patrol the buffer against the British and hostile Indians created by the land ceded in the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Benjamin Hawkins, venerable Indian agent to the southern tribes, and troops commanded by Coweta Chief William McIntosh had the task of enforcing General Jackson's prohibition of any Indian entering the newly acquired territory. His orders were that "all persons carrying and bringing lies" to the British would be shot. He believed Oketeyeconne and Hitchiti towns near here were havens for spies. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION AND THE FORT GAINES HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1939 [This marker is side 2 of the 1814 Boundary Historical Marker]" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_founding-of-fort-gaines
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_founding-of-fort-gaines
- 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:
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