Sen. Thomas E. Watson

Historical marker location:

337 Main Street, Thomson, Georgia

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 78) 0 miles north of McDuffie Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1956

Sage of Hickory Hill.

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.