This road is an original part of the trail known as the “Path to the Forks” during the American Revolution. It crossed Econfina Creek just east of here. The interpretive panel resides in the parking area to your right upon entering.

Econfina Creek is a beautiful spring-fed stream that flows from its head in nearby Jackson County, south to St. Andrew Bay. This stream, called a river by some early settlers, was crossed by Christian Apalachee Militia from Fort San Luis (Tallahassee) during a 1677 raid on a village of Chisca (Yuchi) Indians then living west of the Choctawhatchee River in what is now Walton County. In later years, before Florida became part of the United States in 1821, the region's first settlers used pole boats and small barges to carry cotton, sugar, timber, and other commodities down the creek for shipment out to waiting markets.