The Upper Trading Path, one of the historic Indian routes of the Southeast, passed this spot and led from present Augusta to tribes as far west as the Mississippi River. Through various connections, the trail reached the Cherokees of North Georgia, the Upper Creeks of Western Georgia and Central Alabama, and the Chickasaws and Choctaws of Mississippi. The main stem of the trail, the Oakfuskee Path, ran past Warrenton, Eatonton, Griffin, and Greenville to Oakfuskee Town, the chief early center of the Upper Creeks, on the Tallapoosa River in Alabama. White traders began using the route in the early 1700’s, and many parts of the trace remain in use today.