The history of Sky Valley is a story of risk-taking and national economic cycles. This explains why Sky Valley developed in a totally different way than anyplace else in Rabun County or northeast Georgia, for that matter. For one thing, Scots-Irish immigrants came to this part of Georgia in search of cheap farmland in the
Towns in Rabun County Sky Valley, Georgia When incorporated in 1978, Sky Valley became one of Georgia’s newest chartered towns. Founded as a ski resort in 1969 on a former cattle ranch, Sky Valley is the northernmost city in Georgia. Its northern city limit is the Georgia/North Carolina state line. Situated on the northwest side
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