Historical Marker

Fort Yargo's Living History Society

Winder · Barrow County

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The Story

A volunteer society rebuilt and maintains this frontier post, doing the work with period tools wherever possible. On activity days members throw tomahawks, fire black powder, tend gardens, and demonstrate vanished 18th-century skills.

About this site

Fort Yargo's Living History Society 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 33.9765, -83.7351 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Yargo's Frontier Fences (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Yargo's Early History, Fort Yargo, 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.

📍 33.9765, -83.7351 · Winder, Barrow County
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