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Old Federal Road Historical Marker
- Old Federal Road State Historical
Marker
- Located on U.S. 411 at the south edge of Tennga,
Ga.
(Text)
OLD FEDERAL ROAD
For the next 25 miles southward
this highway coincides closely with the course of the Old Federal
Road, the first vehicular and postal way to join Tennessee and
Georgia across the Cherokee Nation. Beginning on the southeast
Indian boundary in the direction of Athens, the route led this
way by Tate, Jasper and Talking rock.
Rights to open the trace were granted
informally by the Cherokees in 1803 and confirmed by the Treat
of Tellico, Tenn. in 1805. Prior to that period the thoroughfare
served as an Indian trading path to Augusta.
105-10 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954?
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