Blood Mountain
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NevaP
N 34° 44.120 W 083° 55.082
17S E 232829 N 3847571
A marker at Neel's Gap on highway 19 between Blairsville and Cleveland, Georgia.
Waymark Code: WM17MQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 02/13/2007
Views: 45
The text of the marker is:
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 in the highlands of the old Cherokee Country. One of these mythical townhouses stood near Lake Trahlyta. As a friendly people they often brought lost hunters and wanderers to their townhouses for rest and care before guiding them back to their homes. Before the coming of white settlers, the Creeks and Cherokees fought a disastrous and bloody battle in Slaughter Gap between Slaughter and Blood Mountains.
This is marker 144-3 placed by the Georgia Historical Commission
The Applachian trail crosses the highway here.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 144-3
Date: 1958
Sponsor: GA Historical Comm
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