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Creek Agency WPA Historical Marker
Photo: David Seibert
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- Creek Agency Old Agency WPA Historical
Marker
- Located on Ga. 128 about 1/4 mile north of the Taylor
County line
32.674033, -84.09118
(Text)
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GA 22 K-5
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CREEK AGENCY
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OLD AGENCY
Here on the Flint River was the
headquarters of the Agent for Indian Affairs South of Ohio until
the area was acquired by Georgia in the Creek cession of Jan.
24, 1826. Here Benjamin Hawkins and David B. Mitchell, Agents,
resided and in 1804 and 1818 negotiated treaties with the Indians.
Hawkins, Agent from 1796 to 1816, here entertained hundreds of
Indians and many white notables. He established an immense model
farm and taught the Indians how to spin and weave and grow cotton,
corn, grain and cattle.
[WPA Marker]
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