Historical Marker

Historic Traveler's Rest

Toccoa · Stephens County · Erected 1970

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The Story

Built around 1815 by James Wylie along the Unicoi Turnpike, this stagecoach inn and plantation house was expanded by Devereaux Jarrett, the Tugaloo Valley's richest man. It is now a state historic site and National Historic Landmark.

About this site

Historic Traveler's Rest is a historical marker in Toccoa, Stephens County, erected in 1970. It is one of 44 historical markers documented in Stephens County, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.6091, -83.2392 near Toccoa. The nearest cataloged historic site is Traveler's Rest (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Traveler's Rest State Historic Site, Travelers Rest Cemetery, and Providence Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 34.6091, -83.2392 · Toccoa, Stephens County

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Nearby in Stephens County

Traveler's Rest State Historic Site

Toccoa

Cemetery

Travelers Rest Cemetery