Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at how Georgia and Bulloch County evolved from wilderness into a state and a county. Following Georgia's establishment as a colony, several outposts to provide some security were established in Southeast Georgia. 1720 Fort King George: At first an earthen fort with a three-story, 26-square-foot cypress blockhouse located at the junction of the Oconee and Ocmulgee rivers, this fort was the southernmost point of Britain's North American colonies.