Year Erected: 1958
Marker Text: At Fort Daniel on Hog Mountain, about 12 miles NE, began the original Peachtree Road to the village of Standing Peachtree on the Chattahoochee River. This old road was opened to haul military supplies to the river. These were to be floated downstream to Gen. Jackson’s and Gen. Floyd’s troops, converging on the Indians in the Creek Wars of 1813-1814. Built in late 1813 or early 1814, Fort Daniel, a stockade, was the extreme western point in Georgia. All land to the west and northwest was Indian country. The old road entered the present highway here.
Tips for Finding This Site: At the intersection of Buford Hwy and Thompson Drive in Duluth
Exploring the Topic
Peachtree Road
Research paper by Eli Podgurski, Dr. Jennifer Dickey's Introduction to Public History course, Kennesaw State University