Fort Hawkins

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frontier trading post military fort

Fort Hawkins was an early 19th-century U.S. military fort and frontier trading post that became the nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf frontier trading post ⓘ
military fort ⓘ
architecturalStyle log fortification ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Macon, Georgia ⓘ
Forts in Georgia ⓘ
Pre-statehood history of Georgia ⓘ
U.S. Army Combat Training Centers ⓘ
surface form: United States Army posts
controlledBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
coordinateLocation 32.840°N 83.612°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasFunction Indian agency post ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ
trading post ⓘ
hasPart barracks ⓘ
blockhouses ⓘ
officers’ quarters ⓘ
parade ground ⓘ
stockade ⓘ
trading house ⓘ
wooden palisade ⓘ
hasReconstruction partial reconstruction of blockhouse ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological site ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
inception circa 1806 ⓘ
locatedIn Bibb County, Georgia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
surface form: Macon, Georgia

Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: Southeastern United States
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedNear Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Ocmulgee Mounds

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park ⓘ
surface form: Ocmulgee Old Fields
locatedOn east bank of the Ocmulgee River ⓘ
material earthworks ⓘ
wood ⓘ
namedAfter Benjamin Hawkins ⓘ
occupant United States Army ⓘ
openToPublic true ⓘ
operator Macon, Georgia, United States ⓘ
surface form: City of Macon (as historic site)
partOf Old West ⓘ
surface form: American frontier
significantEvent served as major U.S. military headquarters in the Southeast during War of 1812 ⓘ
served as supply depot for campaigns against Creek Indians ⓘ
significantFor being nucleus for the later city of Macon, Georgia ⓘ
role in U.S.–Creek relations ⓘ
role in early expansion of the United States in the Southeast ⓘ
startTime early 19th century ⓘ
usedDuring Creek War (1813–1814) ⓘ
surface form: Creek War

War of 1812 ⓘ

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