Fort Yargo's Early History

In the 1790s, brothers raised this and three sister forts along the Georgia frontier as refuges for settlers pushing into contested Creek and Cherokee territory. The surviving blockhouse anchors a recreated trading-post site.

Fort Yargo's Early History is a historical marker in Winder, Barrow County. It is one of 24 historical markers documented in Barrow County, among 57 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9766, -83.7351 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Yargo (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Yargo's Living History Society, Fort Yargo's Frontier Fences, and Fort Yargo's Cabin.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.