Another thread ended up with references to the buffalo licks in Oglethorpe county. Rather than derail that thread with more information we can start another about that.
Most history enthusiasts have read of the renowned naturalist William Bartram and his travels through Ga. One place I hunt in northern Taliaferro Co. is near where Bartram traveled during his trek through Ga.
Here is a cut and paste of some opinion of 4 possible locations of the buffalo lick Bartram wrote about, The one referred to near Philomath is the one I am most familar with.
Where is Bartram’s “Great Buffloe Lick?”
At least four sites, two in Greene County and two in Oglethorpe County, have been claimed by researchers to be the location of Bartram's “great Buffiloe Lick” where the boundary survey of the Ceded Lands was begun in June 1773. The southernmost site is marked by a metal plaque on a small granite monument at the side of U.S. Highway 278 three quarters of a mile east of Union Point in Greene County. It was identified in 1934 by Colonel T.G. MacFie The second site, three and one-half miles north of Union Point at Temperance Bell, was selected in 1949 by former Georgia State Geologist, A.S. Furcron. In 1934, Francis Harper, editor of the naturalist’s edition of Bartram's Travels, visited a lick site at the eastern edge of the village of Philomath that he argued was the “great Buffiloe Lick” of Bartram. A roadside wooden marker sign much in need of repair currently points to the Philomath lick site. The fourth site, my own nominee, is located near where Georgia Highway 22 crosses Buffalo Creek about five miles north of Philomath. These latter two sites are in Oglethorpe County.
Here is a link to the entire article
http://www.bartramtrail.org/pages/articles.html
Most history enthusiasts have read of the renowned naturalist William Bartram and his travels through Ga. One place I hunt in northern Taliaferro Co. is near where Bartram traveled during his trek through Ga.
Here is a cut and paste of some opinion of 4 possible locations of the buffalo lick Bartram wrote about, The one referred to near Philomath is the one I am most familar with.
Where is Bartram’s “Great Buffloe Lick?”
At least four sites, two in Greene County and two in Oglethorpe County, have been claimed by researchers to be the location of Bartram's “great Buffiloe Lick” where the boundary survey of the Ceded Lands was begun in June 1773. The southernmost site is marked by a metal plaque on a small granite monument at the side of U.S. Highway 278 three quarters of a mile east of Union Point in Greene County. It was identified in 1934 by Colonel T.G. MacFie The second site, three and one-half miles north of Union Point at Temperance Bell, was selected in 1949 by former Georgia State Geologist, A.S. Furcron. In 1934, Francis Harper, editor of the naturalist’s edition of Bartram's Travels, visited a lick site at the eastern edge of the village of Philomath that he argued was the “great Buffiloe Lick” of Bartram. A roadside wooden marker sign much in need of repair currently points to the Philomath lick site. The fourth site, my own nominee, is located near where Georgia Highway 22 crosses Buffalo Creek about five miles north of Philomath. These latter two sites are in Oglethorpe County.
Here is a link to the entire article
http://www.bartramtrail.org/pages/articles.html
