- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Savannah Road historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bulloch County
Roads--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, 32.39681, -81.74318
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 301 about 7 mi. N.E. of Statesboro, 3/4 mile S.E of Donegal
Text of marker: "OLD SAVANNAH ROAD. The highway crossing here is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, to the south of the present Milledgeville. There it connected with the main course of the noted Lower Creek Trading Path from Augusta to the Creek Indians of western Georgia. Opening of this lower stretch of the old road was authorized by the State in 1777. When Milledgeville was made the capital, the thoroughfare was extended to that place. Most of the original course remains in current use. 016-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-savannah-road
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-savannah-road
- 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:
-
