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Old Garrison Trail Historical Marker
- Old Garrison Trail State Historical
Marker
- Located on Ga. 49 west of Milledgeville at Allen
Memorial Drive
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OLD GARRISON TRAIL
This trail is so named because
soldiers travelled it from fort Wilkinson to Fort Hawkins at
East Macon in 1807. In 1813, when Peter Early was governor, he
vetoed a bill arresting the collection of debts. It is said that
when a regiment marched threateningly around the Governor's Mansion
in protest, he went out directly to the Colonel and ordered him
to march the men along this trail to Ft. Hawkins 30 miles away,
saying, "If you dare disobey this order, I'll have you shot
at the head of this regiment".
005-6 GEORGIA HISTORIC
MARKER 1996
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