The name is derived from the Cherokee word ltse’yi (New Green Place) or (Place of Fresh Green, from ltse’hi (green or unripe vegetation), and yi, the locative. It occurs in several places in the old Cherokee country, variously spelled Echia, Echoee, . . . — — Map (db m32706) HM
Standing before you are the Southern Appalachian Mountains. This mountain range is home to the longest hiking-only footpath in the world, the Appalachian Trail. Its 2,190-mile route traverses 14 states from its southernmost terminus at springer . . . — — Map (db m229287) HM
The high, rounded peak, Brasstown Bald or Mt. Enotah, is the highest mountain in Georgia, 4,748 ft. Its Indian name, Itseyi, means “a place of fresh green,” referring to its grassy, instead of timbered, summit. Early white settlers . . . — — Map (db m32729) HM
From where you stand, 12,853 acres of the Brasstown Wilderness stretches all around you. What is wilderness? Why is it special? Wilderness is a type of protection given to the most pristine wildlands where "the earth and its community of life are . . . — — Map (db m229284) HM
The nation's first major gold rush began in 1828 when gold was discovered in North Georgia mountains near present-day Dahlonega. Town populations grew by thousands as gold mining erupted throughout Cherokee Territory. Tensions heightened as gold . . . — — Map (db m229291) HM
Over 200 years ago lack of roads and other transportation routes made trade difficult for residents of North Georgia mountains. Established in 1821, for 7.5 miles Logan Turnpike toll road, which traveled through Tesnatee Gap, connected Cleveland, . . . — — Map (db m229289) HM
For thousands of years, fire occured regularly throughout the Southern Appalachian region. Over the past century, however, profound changes have been seen across the landscape with the prevention and suppression of fire. Without periodic fire, . . . — — Map (db m229286) HM
The Unicoi Turnpike passed here. The turnpike was the first
vehicular route to connect North Georgia and Tennessee with the
head of navigation on the Savannah River system. Beginning on the
Tugaloo River to the east of Toccoa, the road led this . . . — — Map (db m289031) HM
Towns County was created by Act of March 6, 1856 from Rabun and Union Counties. It was named for George Washington Towns, Governor of Georgia from 1847~1851. Gov. Towns was born in Wilkes County, May 4, 1801, of a Virginia family. Self-educated, he . . . — — Map (db m37370) HM
During his 1990 gubernatorial campaign, Young Harris native Zell Miller promised to institute a state lottery, with proceeds directly funding new educational programs. The General Assembly adopted Miller's plan in 1992, and Georgia voters approved . . . — — Map (db m272451) HM
