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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.
Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States.Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia".
History of theState of Georgia. 1806 – U.S. Fort Hawkins built at the present-day site of Creek Indian Ocmulgee Old Fields (future site of Macon). [1] 1821 – Fort Hawkins settlement renamed "Newtown". [1] 1822 – Bibb County created. [2] 1823 – Town of Macon incorporated; named after North Carolina statesman Nathaniel Macon.
Yellow River, Alcovy River. The Ocmulgee River (/ ɒkˈmʌlɡiː /) is a western tributary of the Altamaha River, approximately 255 mi (410 km) long, in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the westernmost major tributary of the Altamaha. [1] It was formerly known by its Hitchiti name of Ocheese Creek, from which the Creek (Muscogee) people derived ...
Bibb County is located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of the 2020 census, its population was 157,346. [1] Bibb County is geographically located in the Central Georgia (Middle Georgia) region, and is the largest county in the Macon metropolitan area (metropolitan statistical area). Bibb County has a consolidated city-county government ...
The Macon native has worked in real estate for over 45 years and founded Washburn & Associates, a real estate and brokerage firm; as well as The Dale Washburn School of Real Estate.
The Johnston–Felton–Hay House, often abbreviated Hay House, is a historic residence at 934 Georgia Avenue in Macon, Georgia. Built between 1855 and 1859 by William Butler Johnston and his wife Anne Tracy Johnston in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the house has been called the "Palace of the South." The mansion sits atop Coleman Hill ...
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