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Through Eton runs the line of the Old Federal Road, the first vehicular and postal route joining Tennessee and Georgia across Cherokee country. Opened after the 1805 Treaty of Tellico, its growing white traffic foreshadowed Cherokee removal.
Old Federal Road is a historical marker in Eton, Murray County, erected in 1955. It is one of 15 historical markers documented in Murray County, among 41 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.8181, -84.7646 near Eton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chatsworth Heights Cemetery (cemetery), about 2.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Faith Baptist Church Cemetery, Blue Ridge Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, and Harrison Chapel Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Old Federal Road” names 4 distinct records in Murray County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1955 in Eton. The others:
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