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Sabacola el Menor Historical Marker
- Sabacola el Menor HCC Historical
Marker (Side 1)
- Located in Seminole State Park off Ga. 39, 16 miles
south of Donalsonville, Ga.
(Text)
- SABACOLA EL MENOR
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LOCATED IN SEMINOLE COUNTY, NEAR
THE FORKS OF THE CHATTAHOOCHEE AND FLINT RIVERS, WAS A TOWN OF
HITCHITI-SPEAKING LOWER CREEK INDIANS. A SPANISH MISSION, SANTA
CRUZ DE SABACOLA EL MENOR, WAS ESTABLISHED THERE IN 1675. BY
1685, ENGLISH TRADERS FROM CHARLES TOWN HAD CONTACT WITH THE
LOWER CREEKS. THE ENGLISH IN CAROLINA AND THE SPANISH IN FLORIDA
WERE BOTH SEEKING THE ALLIANCE OF THE TRIBE.
- ERECTED BY
- THE HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEEE
COMMISSION
- AND THE SEMINOLE COUNTY
COMMISSION
- 1980
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- © Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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