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American Board missionaries established the Taloney station, later renamed Carmel, in 1819 to school Cherokee children along Talking Rock Creek. It operated until 1839; missionary Isaac Proctor was arrested here under Georgia's anti-Cherokee residency law.
Site of Carmel (Taloney) Mission Station is a historical marker in Talking Rock, Pickens County, erected in 1962. 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 34.5192, -84.5236 near Talking Rock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old Federal Road (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.
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