Historical Marker

Oglethorpe Meets the Indians at Coweta

Columbus · Muscogee County · Erected 1962

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The Story

In 1739 James Oglethorpe rode hundreds of miles inland with a few men to the Lower Creek capital of Coweta. The resulting Treaty of Coweta secured Creek friendship for Britain and defined settlement boundaries.

About this site

Oglethorpe Meets the Indians at Coweta is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1962. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4531, -84.9902 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is C.S.S. MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE (gunboats) (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include William Bartram Trail, Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 to 1902, and Goetchius-Wellborn House.

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

📍 32.4531, -84.9902 · Columbus, Muscogee County

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Nearby in Muscogee County

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C.S.S. MUSCOGEE AND CHATTAHOOCHEE (gunboats)

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Dedicated to the Veterans of 1898 to 1902

Columbus · 1953

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Goetchius-Wellborn House