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The Old Federal Road, opened through the Cherokee Nation in 1805, ran past Talking Rock as northwest Georgia's first road and postal route. Travelers used it to reach the north Georgia gold fields, and a Cherokee mission stood just north of town.
Old Federal Road is a historical marker in Talking Rock, Pickens County, erected in 1954. 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 34.5197, -84.5233 near Talking Rock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Site of Carmel (Taloney) Mission Station (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway, Federal Road Cisca St. Augustine Trail, and Whitestone Baptist Church 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 Pickens County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1954 in Talking Rock. The others:
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