- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Fort Fidius (1793-1797) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Baldwin County
Fortification--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 22/24 at King St., 1/4 mile east of the Oconee River
Text of marker: "OLD FORT FIDIUS 1793-1797. The first settlement in this section was made up of four frame houses, a dozen or more cabins and a fort. It was called Federal town. Many of the soldiers died so a new fort was built several miles up the river and named Fort Fidius. It was located 2 miles below the mouth of Fishing Creek and 4 miles below this point. In 1794 Commander Roberts complained to the Secretary of War that he had only 69 able-bodied men to face 10,000 Indians. In 1797 the U.S. Government replaced Fort Fidius with Fort Wilkinson on the west side of the river on Indian lands. 005-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-fort-fidius-1793-1797
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-fort-fidius-1793-1797
- 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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