On North Main Street at Chambers Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
This 38-foot monument was designed and dedicated in 1930 by Colonel Sam Tate of Georgia Marble Company, as a tribute to General James Edward Oglethorpe, founder of the colony of Georgia. Attendees included Governor Lamartine G. Hardman and other . . . — — Map (db m15159) HM
On East Church Street (Georgia Route 53) 0.1 miles south of Old Tate Highway, on the right when traveling north.
This highway from Tate to Talking Rock follows substantially the course of the Old Federal Road, the earliest thoroughfare to link Georgia and Tennessee across the Cherokee Nation. Permission to use the way was granted informally by the Indians in . . . — — Map (db m22650) HM
On North Main Street at Stegall Drive, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
From Tate through Jasper to Talking Rock, this highway coincides closely with the course of the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia's first vehicular way which linked Tennessee and Georgia across the Cherokee Country. Permission to open the route . . . — — Map (db m15477) HM
On N. Main St., on the right when traveling south.
This 1906 jail was built to replace the old rock jail that stood behind the courthouse. The rock jail had replaced the first county jail, a two-story log building. Dr. William B. Tate urged the construction of the jail as a grand juror and on two . . . — — Map (db m15459) HM
On North Main Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Created December 5, 1853, and named for General Andrew Pickens of Revolutionary fame. The first settlements sprang up along the Old Federal Road which followed in general the route of the highway through Tate, Jasper and Talking Rock. Mount . . . — — Map (db m15476) HM
On North Main Street at Chambers Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
In the nineteenth century, Northwest Georgia changed dramatically when the federal government forced native peoples out and allowed white settlers to purchase the land left behind through lotteries. The Kirby-Quinton Cabin and the land where it . . . — — Map (db m221131) HM
On North Main Street at D. B. Carrol Street, on the left when traveling north on North Main Street.
"Stylishly and stoutly constructed" in 1906, the Old Pickens County Jail had "all the modern conveniences, both to the health and good keeping of the prisoners," reported Dr. William Tate, foreman of the building committee. Replacing Jasper's . . . — — Map (db m221128) HM
On Georgia Route 136, 1 mile north of Connector Georgia Route 136 Connector Road, on the left when traveling north. Reported missing.
The road running west of here down Talking Rock Creek to the site of Coosawatee Old Town is a portion of the Old Federal Road opened through the Cherokee Nation, in 1805, by Georgia and Tennessee. It follows the course of a trail shown on a map of . . . — — Map (db m51211) HM
On Ellijay Road (Old Georgia Route 5) at Georgia Route 136, in the median on Ellijay Road. Reported missing.
The highway leading right is the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia’s earliest vehicular route. It began on the Cherokee boundary, in the direction of Athens, Georgia and led this was to Tennessee. Permission to open the trace was granted . . . — — Map (db m60524) HM
On Georgia Route 136 at Ellijay Road (Georgia Route 382), on the right when traveling east on State Route 136.
Just west of here in 1819 the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions established a mission station to the Cherokee Indians. Moody Hall and Henry Parker were the first missionaries sent to Carmel (originally known as Taloney), March 12, . . . — — Map (db m21717) HM
On Zell Miller Mountain Parkway (Georgia Route 515) 1 mile north of Carns Mill Road, on the right when traveling north.
Marker front:
The Zell Miller Mountain Parkway
Marker reverse:
The strong character, integrity and moral fiber of the people of Appalachia are exemplified in this native son of Georgia’s mountains. Zell Miller has . . . — — Map (db m60615) HM
On Georgia Route 53 at North Railroad Street, on the left when traveling east on State Route 53.
The Georgia Marble Company began in 1884 as one of many small marble quarrying operations in the region. In 1905 Colonel Sam Tate became the company's president, continuing in that position until his death in 1938. Georgia Marble Company stone can . . . — — Map (db m15019) HM
On Georgia Route 53 at Red Bird Way, on the right when traveling east on State Route 53. Reported missing.
The highway coming from the right is the Old Federal Road, northwest Georgia’s first vehicular way and the earliest postal route of this area. It began on the southeastern boundary of the Cherokees in the direction of Athens, linking Georgia and . . . — — Map (db m60508) HM