On Georgia Route 39, 3 miles south of Georgia Route 39C, on the right when traveling south. Reported missing.
Roanoke, ½ mile west of here on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River was originally an Indian village. Incorporated in 1832 with about 30 families, a post office and several stores, it became a thriving white settlement. Roanoke was . . . — — Map (db m46280) HM
On Georgia Route 208, 0.4 miles east of Buckner Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Federal Road across the Creek Indian County, western Georgia’s first vehicular way, passed here leading from Fort Hawkins (now Macon) to the Alabama River above Mobile. The trace, which followed closely the course of the earlier noted Lower . . . — — Map (db m27366) HM
On Broad Street (U.S. 278) at Monument street, on the right when traveling west on Broad Street.
The colonial road from Charleston to Vicksburg followed the highway at this point. The route, used by Col. Langdon Welch on his expedition to the Mississippi in 1698, was thereafter followed by British traders. Through Taliaferro Co., it followed . . . — — Map (db m15242) HM
On Macon Road (Georgia Route 128) 0.2 miles north of Georgia Route 137, on the right when traveling south.
Fort Lawrence was located in present Taylor County near this site, about 35 miles west of the Flint River opposite the town of Francisville and the Benjamin Hawkins' Creek Indian Agency, which was located east of the river. The fort was one of . . . — — Map (db m208066) HM
On West Lee Street (County Road 141) 0.8 miles east of School House Road (County Road 143), on the right when traveling east.
During the Creek Indian uprising in 1836, after the burning of Roanoke (Stewart Co.), 300 Indians came this way to join the Seminoles in Florida. Pursued by 132 Stewart Country Militia under Major R.W. Jernigan, they were overtaken here. After a . . . — — Map (db m117117) HM
On Herod Highway (Georgia Route 55) at County Route 164, on the right when traveling north on Herod Highway.
This boulder commemorates the historical fact that General Andrew Jackson, with his command of nine hundred Georgia Militia and friendly Creek Indians, occupied the Indian village of Herodtown, located on this site, March 12, 1818. This event . . . — — Map (db m27008) HM
On Herod Highway (Georgia Route 55 at milepost 6) at County Route 164, on the right when traveling north on Herod Highway. Reported damaged.
On this site stood Herod Town, one of the last Indian villages in this section to remain after the coming of the white man. According to longstanding local tradition, when General Andrew Jackson and his troops came through here on the way to Florida . . . — — Map (db m169257) HM
Near Georgia Route 180 Spur, 0.5 miles north of Brasstown Bald Vistor's Center Parking Log.
The name is derived from the Cherokee word ltse’yi (New Green Place) or (Place of Fresh Green, from ltse’hi (green or unripe vegetation), and yi, the locative. It occurs in several places in the old Cherokee country, variously spelled Echia, Echoee, . . . — — Map (db m32706) HM
On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 75) at Georgia Route 180, on the left when traveling south on Unicoi Turnpike.
The high, rounded peak, Brasstown Bald or Mt. Enotah, is the highest mountain in Georgia, 4,748 ft. Its Indian name, Itseyi, means “a place of fresh green,” referring to its grassy, instead of timbered, summit. Early white settlers . . . — — Map (db m32729) HM
Near Georgia Route 180 Spur, 9 miles north of Georgia Route 180.
The nation's first major gold rush began in 1828 when gold was discovered in North Georgia mountains near present-day Dahlonega. Town populations grew by thousands as gold mining erupted throughout Cherokee Territory. Tensions heightened as gold . . . — — Map (db m229291) HM
On State Road 46 at State Road 199, on the right when traveling south on State Road 46.
George Michael Troup, "Georgia's most fiery Governor" is buried beside his bother in a tomb at Rosemont, one of his many plantations. Born in 1780 Troup died April 28, 1856 in Overseer Bridges' home while visiting Rosemont. Educated at Princeton & . . . — — Map (db m23648) HM
On West Point Road (U.S. 29) at Upper Glass Bridge Road, on the right when traveling west on West Point Road.
The Oakfuskee Trail, main branch of the noted Upper Creek Trading Path from the Savannah River to the Creek Indians of Central Alabama, passed this site, running east and west. Beginning at present Augusta, the route led this way via Warrenton, . . . — — Map (db m36173) HM
On Hamilton Road (U.S. 27) at Lower Big Springs Road, on the left when traveling south on Hamilton Road.
The road running east towards Big Spring is a remnant of the Oakfuskee Trail, main branch of the noted Upper Creek Trading Path from the Savannah River to the Creek Indians of Central Alabama.
Beginning at present Augusta, Georgia the route . . . — — Map (db m36169) HM
On Lower Glass Bridge Road, 1 mile north of Ferrell-Tatum Road. Reported missing.
The Muscogee Indian village of Ocfusknena was 1,000 yards from here. Nearby shoals in the river formed an ancient crossing for traders and travelers going west of the Chattahoochee. On Sept. 27, 1793, a group of Georgians, seeking to destroy the . . . — — Map (db m50919) HM
Blood Mountain, elevation 4458 ft. Chattahoochee National Forest. In Cherokee mythology the mountain was one of the homes of the Nunnehi or Immortals, the “People Who Live Anywhere,” a race of Spirit People who lived in great townhouses . . . — — Map (db m3259) HM
On Track Rock Gap Road, 2.2 miles south of Young Harris Highway (U.S. 76), on the right when traveling south.
One of the best-known of the petroglyph, or marked stone, sites in Georgia. The six table-sized soapstone boulders contain hundreds of symbols carved or pecked into their surface. Archaeologists have speculated dates for the figures from the Archaic . . . — — Map (db m33488) HM
On Cleveland Street (U.S. 19) at Blue Ridge Street, in the median on Cleveland Street.
Union County was created by Act of Dec. 3, 1832 from Cherokee. Originally, it contained part of Fannin and Towns Counties. In 1832 there was much discussion over Union and States’ rights. John Thomas, chosen by the people as a representative for the . . . — — Map (db m33498) HM
On Young Harris Highway (U.S. 76) at Trackrock Gap Road, on the right when traveling east on Young Harris Highway. Reported missing.
The high rounded peak to the south with lookout tower is Brasstown Bald or Mount Enotah, the highest mountain in Georgia 4,748 feet above sea level. Its Indian name, Itseyi, means “place of fresh green” and refers to its grassy instead . . . — — Map (db m32613) HM
On Young Harris Highway (U.S. 76) at Trackrock Gap Road, on the right when traveling east on Young Harris Highway. Reported missing.
The road leading south crosses Trackrock Gap, two miles from here. Soapstone boulders in the gap are covered with tracks, symbols, and patterns carved in the rocks by primitive man. The gap was called by the Cherokee Datsu nalasgun'yi, "where there . . . — — Map (db m14150) HM
On Cove Road (Georgia Route 341) south of Gordon Street, on the right when traveling south.
There were humans living in what is now Walker County as early as around 10,000 B.C. For thousands of years the people subsisted through hunting and gathering of wild plant foods. The Middle Woodland period (ca. 200 B.C. - 400 A.D.) was marked by . . . — — Map (db m77661) HM
Crawfish Spring was the first name given to the modern community Chickamauga, Georgia. Cherokees lived in this area before their forced removal in 1838, with their Chickamauga District courthouse located near the spring. In the 1840s an early white . . . — — Map (db m12314) HM
On W. Indiana Avenue near Part Street, on the right when traveling west.
Here stood a Cherokee Indian stockade with blockhouse on hill, built by U.S. Government in 1836.
Capt. Samuel Fariss and a company of Georgia volunteers guarded Cherokee Indians here before their removal to the west.
This fort was . . . — — Map (db m12907) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 1 / 136), on the right when traveling north.
Created December 18, 1833, and named for Major Freeman Walker of Augusta, prominent attorney and United States Senator. Here the fierce Chickamaugas preyed upon pioneers, and were in turn defeated and driven away; here Federals and Confederates . . . — — Map (db m194485) HM
On Spring Street south of East Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
On May 29, 1963 the grand lodge of Georgia, Free and Accepted Masons, with M. W. Brother Ralph A. Perry, Grand Master, presiding, dedicated the restored John Ross House, home of John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1828-1866) and . . . — — Map (db m130172) HM
On Spring Street south of East Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Home of John Ross
Great Chief of the
Cherokees
Born Oct.3.1790
Died Aug.1.1866
Marked by
William Marsh Chapter
Daughters American Revolution
July 12, 1922 — — Map (db m130171) HM
On Spring Street just south of East Lake Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
This comfortable two-story log house was the home of Cherokee Chief John Ross from boyhood until he went west over the "Trail of Tears," losing his Indian wife enroute. Although only one-eighth Indian himself, Ross was the elected "Principal Chief" . . . — — Map (db m12673) HM
On Chickamauga Ave (U.S. 27), on the left when traveling south.
The first vehicular and postal route of Georgia to Rossville was the Federal Road across the Cherokee Nation. Beginning on the southeast Indian boundary in the direction of Athens, Georgia, the thoroughfare led this way toward Nashville via Tate, . . . — — Map (db m12676) HM
On South Cherokee Road (Georgia Route 11) at Hightower Trail, on the right when traveling south on South Cherokee Road.
This road is a portion of Hightower Trail, old Indian path to Etowah River, which ran from High Shoals of the Appalachee westward to Shallow Ford on the Chattahoochee. It formed a boundary between Cherokee lands to the north and Creek lands to the . . . — — Map (db m33434) HM
On Mauldin Road, 0.1 miles south of Beall Springs Road, on the right when traveling south.
Beall Springs has faithfully produced chalybeate (ka-Iib-e-at) water for centuries. Chalybeate water is characterized as water containing iron salts. In
addition to iron, Beall Spring water contains nine other minerals.
First frequented by . . . — — Map (db m14663) HM
On Court Square at Norwood Street, on the right when traveling west on Court Square.
[Center Panel]:
The Formation of and Changes in the Warren County Boundary Line
Warren County was created by an Act of the Legislature on December 19, 1793. Parts of the counties of Richmond, Columbia, and Wilkes were taken to form . . . — — Map (db m90436) HM
On Bartow Road (Georgia Route 242 at milepost 19), 0 miles west of Dublin Bartow Road, on the right when traveling east.
This highway is the Old Savannah Road, one of the earliest vehicular routes west of the Ogeechee. It led from Savannah to the Rock Landing on the Oconee, below Milledgeville, along the course of a former trading path to the Creek Indians. The lower . . . — — Map (db m21254) HM
On Hamilton Street (U.S. 280) at Washington Street, on the left when traveling east on Hamilton Street.
Lannahassee, near the Indian village by that name on Lannahassee Creek, was the first white settlement (1836) after the Creek Indians left the area to migrate westward. About 1851 the town moved a mile or two away and became McIntosh. When the . . . — — Map (db m56632) HM
On Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0.7 miles east of Helen Highway (Georgia Route 75), on the right when traveling east.
At this point, just north of the safest ford in the Chattahoochee River, the first white settlers in this area built their campfires in 1822. A trading post was soon established on the site and Indians traded gold nuggets and gold-dust to the . . . — — Map (db m43704) HM
On Unicoi Turnpike (State Road 17) 0.1 miles east of Helen Highway (State Route 75), on the right when traveling east.
Nacoochee Indian Mound was the center of the ancient Cherokee town of Gauxule, visited by DeSoto in 1540 in his search for gold, according to legend. On this ceremonial mound, 190 feet long, 150 feet wide and 20 feet high, stood the Town House . . . — — Map (db m10049) HM
On Unicot Turnpike (Georgia Route 17) 0.6 miles east of Georgia Route 75, on the left.
This valley has long fascinated travelers, writers and artists. It was farmed for centuries by Indians and white men alike. The valley was devastated by Spanish and American gold hunters and timbermen and has been carefully nurtured by prosperous . . . — — Map (db m43706) HM
Near Hardman Farm Road, 1 mile north of Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17).
The Atlanta Constitution ran a story entitled "Nacoochee Gems" on 4 January 1891 about the wonderful Indian artifacts recovered in the valley. It stated that the area was:
...certainly, the favored resort of a very advanced tribe of . . . — — Map (db m229246) HM
Near Hardman Farm Road, 1 mile north of Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17).
The Cherokee once walked through this valley along an ancient trail when traveling from their town of Overhill (Tennessee)to their settlements in the Carolinas and Georgia. Earlier, this north-south trading route existed as one of an extensive . . . — — Map (db m229230) HM
On Unicoi Turnpike (State Highway 17) 0.1 miles north of Helen Highway (State Highway 75), on the right when traveling north.
This road is the Old Unicoi Turnpike, first vehicular route to link East Tennessee, Western North Carolina and North Georgia with the head of navigation on the Savannah River system. Beginning on the Tugalo River, to the east of Toccoa, the road led . . . — — Map (db m25328) HM
Near Hardman Farm Road, 1 mile north of Unicoi Turnpike (Georgia Route 17).
Naccochee Indian Mound
The Nacoochee Indian Mound is perhaps the best-known feature of Hardman Farm and one of the most recognizable sites in Georgia. Learn more about the people who built it and those who have cared for it at our Visitor . . . — — Map (db m229225) HM
On Cleveland Highway (Georgia Route 71) at Wilson Caldwell Road, on the left when traveling north on Cleveland Highway. Reported missing.
Red Clay, one mile W, was once an important Council Ground for the Cherokee Indians who called it “Red Earth Place.” During the War Between the States, on May 2, 1864, the 2nd Brigade, First Cavalry Division, Dept. of the Cumberland, U. . . . — — Map (db m50867) HM
On Cleveland Highway (Georgia Route 71) at Old Prater Mill Road (Old Georgia Route 2), on the right when traveling north on Cleveland Highway.
The highway crossing east and west at this point is the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia’s earliest vehicular route. It led across the Indian County from the southeast boundary of the Cherokees, in the direction of Athens, toward Nashville via . . . — — Map (db m44658) HM
On U.S. 129 at American Legion Road (County Route 70), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 129.
Near this spot on March 9, 1818, 34 men of the Telfair County Militia, commanded by Major Josiah D. Cawthon, engaged about 60 Creek Indians in combat. Four Indians and five whites, including Capt. Benjamin Mitchell Griffin were killed. Three whites, . . . — — Map (db m164829) HM
On North Broad Street (U.S. 129) at East Main Street (U.S. 280), on the left when traveling south on North Broad Street.
Hernando de Soto discovered Ocmulgee River at or near Abbeville on April 3, 1540. “Here,” says the chronicler Biedma, “we found a river that had a course not southwardly, like the rest we had passed, but eastward to the sea.” Next day the Altamaha . . . — — Map (db m40106) HM
On East Liberty Street, 0 miles west of Alexander Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This was once the home of two distinguished Georgians -- father and son.
Duncan G. Campbell was noted for drafting the treaty that removed the Cherokee Indians from Georgia and also for introducing in the Georgia Legislature the first bill . . . — — Map (db m25618) HM
On West Square Street, 0 miles west of North Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling east.
Fort Washington Park is the site of a stockade built by the family of Stephen Heard, governor of Georgia – 1781. Cherokee and Creek Indians had ceded their land on June 1, 1773, and the settlers from Virginia arrived in December 1773. . . . — — Map (db m32941) HM
On Sims Street at North Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west on Sims Street.
The high hill on which The Cedars stands was a home - site for the Indians before the arrival of white men. Not long after the Revolutionary War, Anthony Poulin, a Frenchman of noble birth who came to the aid of the Georgians against the British, . . . — — Map (db m25147) HM
On East Court Street at East Square, on the right when traveling west on East Court Street.
Wilkes County, an original County, was created by the Constitution of Feb. 5, 1777 from Creek and Cherokee Cessions of June 1, 1773. At first, it contained all of Oglethorpe, Elbert, Lincoln, and parts of Taliaferro, Hart, Warren, and Madison . . . — — Map (db m25454) HM
On U.S. 80 at Balls Ferry Road (Georgia Route 112), on the left when traveling east on U.S. 80.
Traditional Indian village site and burial grounds.
Early white settlement and haven for refugee families in 1812 Indian alarms. — — Map (db m39113) HM
On Georgia-Florida Parkway (State Highway 300) at Jones Place (State Route 300), on the right when traveling north on Georgia-Florida Parkway.
In 1702 a decisive battle took place along the nearby Flint River. Nine hundred Apalachees, in league with the Spanish, fought here against English traders and five hundred of their Creek allies. Forewarned of an impending attack, the Creeks . . . — — Map (db m9001) HM
On U.S. 82, 0.2 miles west of Airport Road, on the right when traveling west.
Thigpen Trail, oldest military road in Georgia, was cut by James Thigpen to transport military supplies of Col. James Moore, former Carolina governor. It followed a wellbeaten trail of the Indians from the mountains to the sea in use before the . . . — — Map (db m40110) HM
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