Brasstown Bald - GHM 139-4
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N 34° 49.926 W 083° 43.806
17S E 250332 N 3857822
Brasstown Bald state historic marker Ga. 17 /Ga. 75 at Ga. 180, 9 miles south of Hiawassee, GA.
Waymark Code: WM75XH
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member GA Cacher
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Brasstown Bald


The high, rounded peak, Brasstown Bald or Mt. Enotah, is the highest mountain in Georgia, 4,748 ft. Its Indian name, Itseyi, means `a place of fresh green,` referring to its grassy, instead of timbered, summit. Early white settlers mistook the Indian name for a similar one meaning brass. According to Cherokee legend, there was once a great flood and all men died except a few Cherokee families who landed on top of Brasstown Bald in a giant canoe. The Great Spirit killed all the trees on top of the mountain so the survivors could plant crops and live until the floods subsided.

GHM 139-4 Georgia Historical Commission 1956

BBrasstown Bald

Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: GHM 139-4

Date: 1956

Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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