William Bartram Trail

Historical marker location:

Macon, Georgia

( Marker is on Colonial Station Drive, 0 miles south of Columbus Road, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2011

Traced 1773-1777.

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.