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Sabacola el Menor Historical Marker
- Sabacola el Menor HCC Historical
Marker (Side 2)
- Located in Seminole State Park off Ga. 39, 16 miles
south of Donalsonville, Ga.
(Text)
- SABACOLA EL MENOR
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SPANISH EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH MISSIONS
FURTHER UP THE CHATTAHOOCHEE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE CHRISTIANIZED
PORTION OF THE INDIANS MOVED SOUTH TO SABACOLA. IN 1717, THE
PRO-SPANISH INDIAN LEADER CHEROKEELECHE (CHEROKEE-KILLER) BUILT
A STOCKADE ON THE SITE. THE TOWN WAS ABANDONED AFTER A RAID BY
PRO-ENGLISH INDIANS IN 1724. THE SITE OF SABACOLA IS NOW UNDER
THE WATERS OF LAKE SEMINOLE.
- 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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