- Fort Yargo State Historical Marker
- On Ga 81 2 miles
south of main entrance to Fort Yargo State Park at the Winder
city limit sign
- 33°57'30N, 83°44'51W
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- FORT YARGO
This remarkably preserved log blockhouse
was built in 1793, according to historians. There are several
references to Fort Yargo as existing prior to 1800. Its location
is given as three miles southwest of "Jug Tavern,"
original name for Winder.
Early historians say Fort Yargo
was one of four forts built by Humphries Brothers to protect
early white settlers from Indians. The other three forts were
listed as at Talassee, Thomocoggan, now Jefferson, and Groaning
Rock, now Commerce.
Fort Yargo is now a State Park
with recreational facilities.
- [007-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954]
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to see log blockhouse.
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© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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