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The road near Talking Rock follows an ancient native path a 19th-century map showed linking Cisca in the Tennessee Valley to St. Augustine in Spanish Florida. Opened as the Federal Road through the Cherokee Nation in 1805, it carried pioneers and mail.
Federal Road Cisca St. Augustine Trail is a historical marker in Talking Rock, Pickens County. It is one of 12 historical markers documented in Pickens County, among 32 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 34.5228, -84.5708 near Talking Rock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Ball Creek Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.8 miles away. Others within a short drive include Site of Carmel (Taloney) Mission Station, Old Federal Road, and Holmes Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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