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Near Union Point in Greene County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
 

Great Buffalo Lick

 
 
Great Buffalo Lick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, January 19, 2009
1. Great Buffalo Lick Marker
Inscription.
This site is described in the treaty signed by the Creek and Cherokee Indians at Augusta, Georgia, in 1773. Here began the survey of the ceded lands.
 
Erected 1936 by Works Progress Administration (WPA).
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraNative AmericansNatural Features. In addition, it is included in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1773.
 
Location. 33° 36.372′ N, 83° 3.209′ W. Marker is near Union Point, Georgia, in Greene County. Marker is at the intersection of Union Point Highway (U.S. 278) and Buffalo Lick Road, on the right when traveling east on Union Point Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Union Point GA 30669, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. First Regimental Reunion of Confederate Veterans (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Two Committees (approx. 1.4 miles away); Confederate Wayside Home 1862-64 (approx. 1.4 miles away); Site of Wayside Home (approx. 1˝ miles away); Bethesda Baptist Church (approx. 4 miles away); Bethany Presbyterian Church (approx. 4.1 miles
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away); Confederate Gun Shop (approx. 4.6 miles away); Unknown Confederate Dead (approx. 7˝ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Union Point.
 
Also see . . .  Searching for Bartram’s Buffalo Lick. Article discusses the four possible locations for the "Great Buffalo Lick" described by William Bartram from his travels in Georgia in 1773. There appears to be convincing evidence that this site, determined by Col. T. G. MacFie in 1934, is not the actual site. (Submitted on February 4, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.) 
 
Great Buffalo Lick Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By David Seibert, January 19, 2009
2. Great Buffalo Lick Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on December 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,118 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on January 29, 2009, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.

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