Woods Division

Historical marker location:

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

( Marker is on Dyer Road west of Lafayette Road, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1890

Crittenden's Corps. Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood.

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.