FIRST Postal Route in Northwest Georgia
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Sprinterman
N 34° 54.342 W 085° 04.595
16S E 675727 N 3864273
Located on Georgia 2 just east of US 41 at Tiger Creek in Catoosa County, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM2MT5
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2007
Views: 34
In the late 1700's and early 1800's Northwest Georgia was the property of the Cherokee Indians. They had a strong central government and controlled their territory well. Any activity by Whites had to have the permission of the Cherokee Nation.
This highway is part of the Old Federal Road, an early thoroughfare that linked Georgia and west Tennessee across the Indian Country. It began on the southeast boundary of the Cherokees, in the direction of Athens, Georgia and led toward Nashville via Rossville. Another branch ran from Ramhurst, Georgia toward Knoxville. Formal permission to open this road was granted by the Cherokees in the 1805 Treaty of Tellico. Prior to its use by the Whites, the route was an Indian trading path to Augusta.
This thoroughfare became the EARLIEST vehicular way of northwest Georgia, the FIRST postal route of this section, and an important emigrant trace to the West.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1805
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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