On Dahlonega Street (Georgia Route 53) at Atlanta Highway (Georgia Route 9), in the median on Dahlonega Street.
This County, created by Act of the Legislature Dec. 3, 1857, is named for William C. Dawson who died in 1856, having served in Congress from Dec. 1836 to Nov. 1842, and in the U.S. Senate from 1849 to 1855. He also commanded a brigade in the Creek . . . — — Map (db m33546) HM
On Jasper Street (Georgia Route 53) at Georgia Route 9, on the left when traveling west on Jasper Street.
The First Georgia Volunteer Infantry Battalion (U.S.), also known as the First Georgia State Troops Volunteers (U.S.), was a United States Army unit raised in Dawson and other North Georgia counties during the Civil War, after federal troops entered . . . — — Map (db m47740) HM
On Top of the Falls Road at Amicalola Park Road, on the right when traveling north on Top of the Falls Road.
Here begins the approach trail to Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, a continuous footpath extending more than 2,000 miles to Mt. Katahdin, Maine. The Appalachian Trail was conceived by Benton MacKaye, forester, . . . — — Map (db m23262) HM
