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Title
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Cherokee Ridge master planned community of 133 mountain estate lots.
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Location
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Blue Ridge Mountains of Murray County, Georgia
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Property Description
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The Cherokee Ridge parcel is located southwest of the City of Ellijay, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of north Georgia. The property provides long-range views to the regional valley landscape, nearby Carter's Lake, and the Blue Ridge from its upper elevations, grounded in the irreplaceable landscape setting rich in beauty and culture along the scenic and historic corridor of the Old Federal Road.
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Property History
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One of the most significant characteristics of the site is its presence and location along the Old Federal Road. This road gets its name from the fact that its construction in the early 19th century was one of the first public works projects undertaken by the Federal Government of the United States. The road was constructed as a trade route connecting the ports of South Carolina and Georgia with the rich interior lands of Kentucky and Tennessee. The extant farmstead located on property receives its significance not only from the on-site history associated with the Carter family, but more importantly for its associative significance with the cultural landscape of the corridor, rich in commerce, trade, and culture. Construction of the road, for the portions that crossed what was then Cherokee Territory, was contracted to the Cherokee - who built and maintained much of the road. Ironically, this same road was later used in the 1830's as the route of forced removal of the Cherokee people from North Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee in what would be the beginnings of the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma. The presence of the Cherokee for a multitude of uses, most notably for the creation of the now much sought after Cherokee baskets. Additionally, several "trial trees" that, while saplings, were bent and tied toward the ground in a direction of the trail by the Cherokee. As planning and visioning for the property moves forward every effort should be made to protect and employ this rich history of the site and regional cultural landscape, as a powerful market differentiator for the project.
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