Historical Marker

Colonial Trading Path

Macon · Bibb County · Erected 1984

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The Story

This trail followed the fall line linking Lower Creek towns to an English trading post at the Ocmulgee Old Fields. From the 1690s, deerskins flowed east along it until the 1715 Yamasee War ended the trade.

About this site

Colonial Trading Path is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County, erected in 1984. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8144, -83.7325 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Peacock Gallery (museum), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens, Middle Georgia State University, and Macon Memorial Park.

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

📍 32.8144, -83.7325 · Macon, Bibb County
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