Historical Marker
Colonists Crossing
Historical marker location:
Elberton, Georgia
( Marker is at the intersection of Calhoun Falls Highway (Georgia Route 72) and Bobby Brown State Park Road, on the right when traveling east on Calhoun Falls Highway.)
Marker installed: 1957
8 mi.
Georgia was the last of the original 13 colonies to be established. It was founded in 1732, over 100 years after the first English settlement in Virginia.