Blood Mountain Marker

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Blairsville in Union County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Blood Mountain

By Julie Szabo, April 4, 2007

1. Blood Mountain Marker

Inscription. Blood Mountain, elevation 4458 ft. Chattahoochee National Forest. In Cherokee mythology the mountain was one of the homes of the Nunnehi or Immortals, the “People Who Live Anywhere,” a race of Spirit People who lived in great townhouses in the highlands of the old Cherokee Country. One of these mythical townhouses stood near Lake Trahlyta. As a friendly people they often brought lost hunters and wanderers to their townhouses for rest and care before guiding them back to their homes. Before the coming of white settlers, the Creeks and Cherokees fought a disastrous and bloody battle in Slaughter Gap between Slaughter and Blood Mountains.

Erected 1958 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 144-3.)

Location. 34° 44.106′ N, 83° 55.07′ W. Marker is in Blairsville, Georgia, in Union County. Marker is on U.S. 19, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. In front of the Walasi-Yi hiker hostel, next door to Mountain Crossings Outfitter. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9710 Gainesville Hwy, Blairsville GA 30512, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Byron Herbert Reece (approx. 3.2 miles away); Homesite of Joseph Emerson Brown (approx. 6.7 miles away); Trahlyta’s Grave (approx. 7.7 miles away); Union County (approx. 10 miles away); Track Rock Gap (approx. 10.5 miles away); Brasstown Bald (approx. 11.4 miles away); "Gold Diggers' Road" (approx. 11.7 miles away); Discovery of Gold (approx. 12.4 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Blairsville.

Additional keywords. Appalachian Trail, Neels Gap, Walasi-Yi, Mountain Crossings, hostel

Credits. This page originally submitted on November 1, 2007, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,439 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on November 1, 2007, by Julie Szabo of Oldsmar, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.