Early Inhabitants

Indian Mound at Nacoochee Intersection of GA 17 and 75, this mound marks the site of a Moundbuilder site and is near a later Cherokee village.

Sometime around 2,500 B.C., during the Middle Archaic period, Indians move into the general area of Nacoochee. Nearby areas in Rabun and Union Counties also show evidence of early visits, however significant Indian population probably did not develop until the late Woodlands era (800-1000AD).

Four distinct Indian Mounds from a culture known as Moundbuilders cover this valley and others exist even further to the north and east in the state. Known to archaeologists as Mississippean, this culture spread quickly throughout the eastern United States, eventually covering most of Georgia including all of the Chattahoochee River.

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