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Under government pressure in 1805, the Lower Creek ceded their lands east of the Ocmulgee River to the state of Georgia, but they refused to surrender the sacred mounds. They retained a 3-by-5-mile (4.8 km × 8.0 km) area on the east bank called the Ocmulgee Old Fields Reserve. It included both the mounds on the Macon Plateau and the Lamar mounds.
Noted historian and de Soto researcher Charles M. Hudson theorized in the 1980s and 90s, that the de Soto entrada crossed the Ocmulgee River near the future site of Macon, Georgia, and that the Lamar Mounds may have been the location of the paramount town of the Ichisi. [3] This view has been supported by archaeologists who have worked at the site.
(The Center Square) – Georgia is one step closer to having its first national park and preserve, after the bipartisan Ocmulgee Mounds Park and Preserve Establishment Act passed through committee ...
The Georgia General Assembly founded the Georgia Council on American Indian Concerns and "is the only state entity specifically authorized to address the concerns of Georgia's American Indians." [ 10 ] The council recognizes three state-recognized tribes, including the Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe, [ 10 ] who were recognized through state law GA ...
The Kenimer site is located on an erosional remnant hill just to the north of and overlooking the Nacoochee Valley.It overlooks the junction of the Chattahoochee River and Sautee Creek, which is about 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) to the southeast.
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A new film called “The Piano Lesson” features scenes shot in Macon last year and will stream on Netflix soon. Even though the film is set in Pittsburgh, it was primarily shot in Atlanta.
Charles Phillips, 1st Brigade of the 5th Division, 1825–1828. Member of the Georgia House of Representatives in 1821 and 1822 and the Georgia Senate in 1823. General Phillips and his wife, Anne (Nicks) Phillips, were the parents of Pleasant J. Philips and Elizabeth Y. Phillips.