Mark A. Cooper

Historical marker location:

1 Friendship Plaza, Cartersville, Georgia

( Marker can be reached from West Main Street (Georgia Route 113) west of South Public Square, on the right when traveling west.)

1800-1865.

Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.