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Travelers Rest State Historic Site is a state-run historic site near Toccoa, Georgia, United States. [3] Its centerpiece is Traveler's Rest, an early tavern and inn.It was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 29, 1964, for its architecture as a well-preserved 19th-century tavern, and for its role in the early settlement of northeastern Georgia by European Americans.
Toccoa is a city in far Northeast Georgia near the border with South Carolina. It is the county seat of Stephens County , Georgia , United States, [ 6 ] [ 7 ] located about 50 miles (80 km) from Athens and about 90 miles (140 km) northeast of Atlanta .
North of Toccoa on Georgia State Route 184 34°38′26″N 83°17′17″W / 34.640556°N 83.288056°W / 34.640556; -83.288056 ( Riverside Toccoa
Toccoa was formerly a stop on the Airline Belle, which was a Southern Railway regional train between 1879 and 1931. Toccoa Airport is a small executive airport northeast of the town. The airport is sometimes referred to as R.G. LeTourneau Field as it was built by R.G. LeTourneau .
Georgia Apple Blossom Festival is May 25-27 at Panorama Orchards & Farm Market in Ellijay. There will be more than 70 arts and crafts vendors as well as kid-friendly activities like bounce houses ...
Toccoa Falls is a waterfall on Toccoa Creek with a vertical drop of 186 feet (57 m) on the campus of Toccoa Falls College in Stephens County, Georgia. Toccoa comes from the Cherokee word "Tagwâ′hĭ", meaning " Catawba place" [ 1 ] or "beautiful".
On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot (529 m) summit is visible for many [quantify] miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest. [ citation needed ] Currahee Mountain is one of the landmarks [ 4 ] used in the Treaty of Hopewell . [ 5 ]
The Jarrett-Hayes House, also known as Liberty Lodge, in Stephens County, Georgia near Toccoa, is an I-house built around 1848. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] It is a two-story plantation house built by slave labor, including for the making, on the property, of bricks used in its construction. [2]