Image Credit: Tim Howard
Year Erected: 1954
Marker Text: The Old Federal Road crossed Cherokee territory at the southeast boundary in the direction of Athens, Georgia. It branched at this point toward Knoxville and Nashville, Tennessee. The right fork led north toward Knoxville through Chatsworth and Tennga, Georgia, while the left fork led northwest toward Nashville through Spring Place and Rossville, Georgia. Formal permission for the US government to use this way was granted by the Cherokees in the 1805 Treaty of Tellico, Tennessee. This thoroughfare followed the course of an early trading path to Augusta, Georgia, and became northwest Georgia’s first vehicular and postal route.
Re-erected by the Georgia Historical Society in 2022
Tips for Finding This Marker: Located at the intersection of Old U.S. 411 and Old Federal Road South (U.S. 76) in Chatsworth.
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