- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Sabacola el Menor (Side 2) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Seminole County
Creek Indians--Georgia
Missions, Spanish--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Seminole County, 30.93878, -84.86887
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Seminole State Park off Ga. 39, 16 miles south of Donalsonville
Text of marker: "SABACOLA EL MENOR. SPANISH EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH MISSIONS FURTHER UP THE CHATTAHOOCHEE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE CHRISTIANIZED PORTION OF THE INDIANS MOVED SOUTH TO SABACOLA. IN 1717, THE PRO-SPANISH INDIAN LEADER CHEROKEELECHE (CHEROKEE-KILLER) BUILT A STOCKADE ON THE SITE. THE TOWN WAS ABANDONED AFTER A RAID BY PRO-ENGLISH INDIANS IN 1724. THE SITE OF SABACOLA IS NOW UNDER THE WATERS OF LAKE SEMINOLE. ERECTED BY THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEEE COMMISSION AND THE SEMINOLE COUNTY COMMISSION 1980" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_sabacola-el-menor-side-2
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_sabacola-el-menor-side-2
- 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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