Hawkinsville in Pulaski County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Slosheye Trail
Photographed By David Seibert, January 17, 2011
1. Slosheye Trail Marker
Inscription.
Slosheye Trail was used by the Indians and white traders as an artery of travel as early as 1750 and extended from Hawkinsville on the Ocmulgee River to Drayton on the Flint River. This ancient trail passed through Hawkinsville over the present Commerce Street. A steady growth of traffic, at first Indians and then white settlers, gradually widened it into a road, it was valuable factor in South Georgia’s development and is now a link in the State’s highway system.
Slosheye Trail was used by the Indians and white traders as an artery of travel as early as 1750 and extended from Hawkinsville on the Ocmulgee River to Drayton on the Flint River. This ancient trail passed through Hawkinsville over the present Commerce Street. A steady growth of traffic, at first Indians and then white settlers, gradually widened it into a road, it was valuable factor in South Georgia’s development and is now a link in the State’s highway system.
Erected by Works Progress Administration (WPA). (Marker Number 27 A-6.)
Location. 32° 16.993′ N, 83° 28.14′ W. Marker is in Hawkinsville, Georgia, in Pulaski County. Marker is at the intersection of Commerce Street (Georgia Route 26) and North Lumpkin Street, on the right when traveling east on Commerce Street. The marker stands in front of the Pulaski County Courthouse. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 141 Commerce Street, Hawkinsville GA 31036, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Looking east on Commerce Street, toward the Ocmulgee River
Photographed By David Seibert, 2011
4. Slosheye Trail Marker
The Pulaski County Courthouse, with the marker just visible to the left of the building.
Photographed By David Seibert
5. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s Trail Marker
Located just south of the marker at the intersection of South Jackson Street (U.S. 129) and Broad Street (U.S. 319). General Andrew Jackson and his troops used this trail en route to Fort Hughes and Fort Scott during the First Seminole Indian War in 1818.
Photographed By David Seibert
6. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s Trail Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 17, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 996 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 17, 2011, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 5, 6. submitted on July 20, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.