On December 22, 1986, cultural resources surveys were conducted on two small project locations on the Tallulah Ranger District, at the request, and with assistance of Assistant Ranger Marisue Hilliard. Forest Landscape Architect Jim Herd also assisted in these projects.
Both projects were in the Blue Ridge Mountains physiographic zone, in very rugged terrain and either in or adjacent to the upper ends of major river drainages. They were in Rabun and Towns counties, in the northeastern-most corner of Georgia. Figures 1, 2, and 3 indicate the surveyed areas.
One project was an easement for a private driveway across a short stretch of National Forest, giving access to the Tallulah River Road near Tate City, in northwestern Towns County. The other was a proposal for a parking lot for horse trailers and trucks and a corral for a horse trail near Warwoman Creek and the Chattooga River in western Rabun County.
An examination was made of the National Register, Site Files, and available lands acquistion records, including such historical land use data as was present on the parcels in question. In addition previous cultural resources survey reports were consulted, including the Cultural Resources Overview for the Chattahooche and Oconee National Forests (Wynn 1982), and more recent reports pertaining to these areas. Specific to these surveys were Willingham (1982), on Goldmine Road, and Wynn (1986), on the Tate Branch area, and general Tallulah District. Additional environmental data, as well as prehistoric and historic background summaries for these areas are found in the Overview.
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