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Vienna Road to Petersburgh The Hazy Past and Fever's Toll
An 18th century beacon along the Savannah River towns traces Petersburgh and Dartmouth from Fort Charlotte to Vienna and Lisbon. The piece recalls the 1776 Bartram journey, the creation of a new purchase, and a yellow fever outbreak that reshaped the region, with graves and vanished streets marking a once bustling frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Charlotte
Dartmouth
Earl of Dartmouth
Sa‘vinnah
Ahamaha
Oconee
Indian Trading Co
Georgia
Abbeville
Savannah
Washington, Ga
Vienna
Jefferson Davis
Trans- Mississippi
Southampton
Petersburgh
Lisbon
Augusta
Savasnah
New Purchase
Broad
Neva
Surburgh
Petersburg
Alabama
Upper
Tennesse
Dubose