Wiregrass (region)

[1] Ancestors of the Creek Nation were the first humans in the Wiregrass region and retained control of the area until they were forced to cede most of the territory to the United States in the 1814 Treaty of Fort Jackson.

The first white settlers were cattle drovers who took advantage of the wiregrass sprouting earlier than other fodder to feed their semi-wild herds.

[3] The current region stretches approximately from just below Macon, Georgia and follows the Fall Line west to Montgomery, Alabama.

From there it turns north, roughly following the Suwannee River back into Georgia and along the western fringes of the Okefenokee Swamp.

Due to its proximity to the Gulf of Mexico, the Wiregrass region experiences high heat and humidity in the summers, and has mostly mild winters.