Sandtown Road orTennessee Road.- Allatoona GA
Posted by: GA Cacher
N 34° 06.846 W 084° 42.919
16S E 710723 N 3777164
Allatoona Pass State Historical Marker
Located on the Allatoona Rd. in Allatoona, Ga.
Waymark Code: WM29CQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/26/2007
Views: 105
One of the earliest roads in the northwestern portion of the state was named Sandtown Road. It ran from a town at Montgomery's Ferry on the Chattahoochee River to the southern end these Allatoona Mountains. Here the Alabama Road follows the top of the ridge to the west while a second thoroughfare bears left to Tennessee. While little visible evidence remains of the Alabama Road, the road to Tennessee is plainly visible.
The small village of Allatoona had grown up just beyond the south entrance to the Pass. It consisted of the Clayton House, a railroad depot and 4 to 5 other structures. The old Tennessee wagon road, also known as the Sandtown Road, intersected the old Alabama Road at this point.Read the entire story here.
Marker text reads:
Allatoona was in pioneer days a travel hub, because ridges from east
and south met here where it was fairly easy to cross the Allatoona
Mountain range by winding over a low ridge, or pass.
The Sandtown or Tennessee Road from the south, and the Old Alabama
Road from the east, joined here to cross the pass, then separated, the
Sandtown to cross the Etowah and aim for Tennessee, and the Alabama
Road to run west on the south side of the Etowah.
008-44 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956
A major battle was fought here at Alatoona you can see the waymark here. Battle of Alatoona.