Mountain City’s history is entwined with a Native American legend and a sheriff who saw the lucrative potential of a railroad. Our story starts centuries ago in the time of Notla, son of a Cherokee chief, who wanted to marry Hiawassee, daughter of a Catawba chief. Hiawassee’s father, who had no love for the Cherokees,
The topics in the June 2020 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter are: Tallulah Falls Railroad Artifacts Will Be Displayed in Society’s Museum Through a Partnership with Rabun-Gap Nacoochee School Creation of Black Rock Mountain State Park Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2020 June Vintage
Towns in Rabun County Mountain City, Georgia D. W. Johnson bought 300 acres between Clayton and Rabun Gap in the early 1900s. A retired Tennessee sheriff, he had the general area surveyed, and in 1907 he incorporated a town named Pass Over, since the road on which it was located “passed over” the eastern continental
The topic of the December 2017 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Hot, Cold, Wet or Dry: Weather Makes History Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2017 Dec Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the June 2017 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Cultural Icon:The Mountain City Playhouse Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2017 June Vintage Rabun (PDF)
The topic of the June 2016 edition of the Rabun County Historical Society’s Vintage Rabun newsletter is: Unfulfilled Promise: The Blue Ridge Railroad Use the link below to download the newsletter in PDF format 2016 June Vintage Rabun (PDF)
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