Historical Marker

Marbury Creek Watershed Project

Winder · Barrow County

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The Story

After decades of farming exhausted the land draining into Marbury Creek, citizens organized in 1954 to restore it. Their flood-control project, dedicated in 1967, created the 261-acre lake at the heart of Fort Yargo State Park.

About this site

Marbury Creek Watershed Project 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 33.9681, -83.7306 near Winder. The nearest cataloged historic site is Charles O. Maddox (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 Log Structure.

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

📍 33.9681, -83.7306 · Winder, Barrow County

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Fort Yargo's Smokehouse

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Fort Yargo's Beehive Oven

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Fort Yargo's Log Structure

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Fort Yargo's Living History Society