The First White habitation in the area
N 34° 40.876 W 083° 41.947
17S E 252717 N 3841013
Site of first white habitation of the area, and trading post/postoffice.
Waymark Code: WMM40
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/14/2006
Views: 34
At this point, just north of the safest ford in the Chattahoochee River, he 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 settlers for merchandise. The first Nacoochee post office was established at the trading post with Charles Williams, son of one of the first settlers, serving as Postmaster for more than 50 years. To this same site in 1838 soldiers gathered the indians from surrounding valleys and highlands to begin their "Trail of Tears" to the West.
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