Marion County GaArchives Photo Place.....OLD FEDERAL HIGHWAY ROAD MARKER 
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OLD FEDERAL ROAD 
THE ROAD CROSSING EAST AND WEST HERE IS THE OLD FEDERAL ROAD WESTERN GEORGIA'S 
FIRST VEHICULAR THOROUGHFARE. BEGINNING AT FORT HAWKINS (NOW MACON) IT LED 
ACROSS THE CREEK INDIAN COUNTRY TO THE ALABAMA RIVER ABOVE MOBILE. PERMISSION 
TO OPEN THE TRACE WAS GRANTED BY THE INDIANS IN 1805
THE ROAD LONG SERVED AS AN EMIGRANT AND PORT ROUTE TO THE WEST.
FORT PERRY, ONE-HALF MILE DUE EAST, WAS ESTABLISHED BY GENERAL JOHN FLOYD'S 
ARMY WHEN IT CAME THIS WAY DURING THE CREEK WAR OF 1813-14/ LAFAYETTE 
TRAVELLED THIS ROAD TO ALABAMA IN 1825. HE SPENT THE NIGHT OF MARCH 30 AT 
SPAIN'S TAVERN NEAR FORT PERRY.

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THIS SIGN IS LOCATED SLIGHTLY NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF GA HWY 41 NORTH AND 
FORT PERRY ROAD IN NORTHERN MARION COUNTY

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