The Old Savannah Road was one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee River. It ran from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below today's Milledgeville, following a former trading path to the Creek Indians of western Georgia and eastern Alabama. It is believed General Oglethorpe traveled this part of the Indian trail in 1739 on his way to treat with the Indians at Coweta Town, on the Chattahoochee River below Columbus in present Alabama. Much of this pioneer thoroughfare remains in daily use.