- Fort Argyle State Historical Marker
- Located on Ga. 144, 4.2 miles west of junction with
U.S. 17
- 31°58.362, 081°22.602
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- FORT ARGYLE
Near here, on the West bank of the Ogeechee
River, Fort Argyle was built in 1733, to command one of the main
passes by which enemy Indians had recently invaded South Carolina,
and to give protection to the settlers of Savannah from anticipated
raid by Spaniards from Florida.
The fort was named in honor of John, Duke
of Argyle, friend and patron of James Edward Oglethorpe, and
was garrisoned by Captain McPherson with a detachment of Rangers.
015-9 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
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