Federal Wire Road
Photo by Kim Gordon
This highway, created by
an Act of Congress
in 1810, entered the state at Augusta
passing through Warrenton, Sparta, Milledgeville,
and Knoxville to Coweta town (Columbus).
It was formally known as the Stagecoach Road.
A telegraph line, the first that connected
New Orleans with Washington D.C. was erected in 1848.
The wires parralled this road between Columbus and Macon
giving to this section of the old highway the name
of the Federal Wire Road. This telegraph
line was also the first one to be erected
in the state of Georgia.
This marker is located in front of the
Old Courthouse on US Highway 80
in Knoxville, Georgia.
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