- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- New Echota Ferry historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Gordon County
Ferries--Georgia--Gordon County
Cherokee Indians--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: On Ga. 225 at New Echota parking area N.E. of Calhoun
Text of marker: "NEW ECHOTA FERRY. The head of the Oostanaula River is formed 200 yards northeast by the confluence of the Coosawatte and the Conasauga Rivers. The passage of travelers and freight along the Tennssee Road was served at this point by a ferry operated by the Cherokee Indians, principally by Alexander McCoy from 1819 through 1835. 064-31 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1962" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_new-echota-ferry
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_new-echota-ferry
- 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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