Old Federal Road, 146-14 - Georgia Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Old Federal Road
Marker 146-14

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 directions of Athens, Georgia, the thoroughfare led this way toward Nashville via Tate, Jasper, Talking Rock and Spring Place.
Formal permission by the Cherokees to open the road was granted in the 1805 Treaty of Tellico, Tennessee. Prior to that time the trace served as an Indian trading path to Augusta.
The Earliest post office in northwest Georgia was established on this route at Rossville, on April 5, 1817, with John Ross as postmaster.

N 34 59.032
W085 17.186

Type of Marker: Highway Marker #: GHM 146-14 Date: 1992 Sponsor: Not listed

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