The fort's centerpiece is its hewn-log construction, joined and chinked by frontier methods. Volunteers using period techniques repair the mud-and-straw chinking each year as weather works it loose.
Fort Yargo's Log Structure
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Fort Yargo's Log Structure 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 33.9763, -83.7349 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Fort Yargo's Cabin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fort Yargo's Smokehouse, Fort Yargo's Beehive Oven, and Fort Yargo's Frontier Fences.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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