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The government for the town of Alto is housed in a structure with an unusual history. When the new Cornelia Bank was built in nearby Cornelia in the late 1970s, the small building housing the old remote drive-in teller windows was moved to its current location on a lot across Georgia Hwy 441 from the Riegel Textile Mill (now Mt. Vernon Mills) in Alto and converted for office use.
The marker is located in Marion County, Tennessee, Dade County, Georgia, and Jackson County, Alabama, and about 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Chattanooga, Tennessee. In addition, the portions of the tripoint in Tennessee and Alabama are located within Central Time Zone and the Georgia portion is located in Eastern Time Zone. The tripoint is ...
TAG Corner (or simply TAG: Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia) is a name for the region where the U.S. states of Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia come together. It is a mountainous area dominated by the Cumberland Plateau and Lookout Mountain, with elevations ranging up to 2,000 feet (610 meters).
Georgia: Marker on Chattahoochee riverbank is actually a few feet above and west of true tripoint at high-water line. [2] Alabama: Georgia: Tennessee: Tri-State Corner. Marker on dry land at surface level and unmarked on lake in cavern directly below.
The Fort Hollingsworth–White House is a well-preserved example of an early frontier fort built near Alto, Georgia in the late 18th century. The fort was built around 1793 by Jacob Hollingsworth on newly opened lands resulting from treaties with the Cherokee Nation, and was meant to protect the settlers in the area.
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Once at the Tennessee River in the western part of the state, the border shifts south onto the actual 36°30′ parallel. [5] An 1818 survey erroneously placed the state's southern border 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the 35th parallel; Georgia legislators continue to dispute this placement, as it prevents Georgia from accessing the Tennessee River. [6]
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