Famous Indian Path

Famous Indian Path is a Georgia historical marker in Troup County, dedicated 1954.

At the intersection of West Point Road (U.S. 29) and Upper Glass Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west on West Point Road in LaGrange.

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The Oakfuskee Trail, main branch of the noted Upper Creek Trading Path from the Savannah River to the Creek Indians of Central Alabama, passed this site, running east and west. Beginning at present Augusta, the route led this way via Warrenton, Eatonton, Indian Spring and Greenville. From here it continued westward to Oakfuskee Town, early main center of the Upper Creeks, located on the Tallapoosa River to the west of Dadeville, Alabama. White traders started following this thoroughfare on the early 1700s. Much of the route remains in use today, although the immediate section to the east has long been abandoned.

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Historical maps covering this location

1899 · Wedowee, Alabama (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1901 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1902 · Wedowee, Alabama (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1917 · The Rand-McNally new commercial atlas map of Alabama (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1924 · South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering the location of Famous Indian Path, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — South Carolina. Florida. Georgia. Mississippi. Alabama. North Carolina. South Carolina, 1924, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Famous Indian Path

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