As railro.nl l-u.hi.ng bad not reached the
pr-- eat degree of perfection, tn those days,
tlie surveyors found it a very ditllcul-t mat
-- r to I.X ate an available line up the steep
sJu' -s ot Pat -1 mountain, which rises ab
ruptly from tin- <’oosa valh-y to a height
i ol over ll,a"O feet, forms a plateau twenty
to twi-nty-nve mil-s wide, and then de-
s. mis as abruptlj- to the vali-.y of tlie
T- i.nesri-e.
Notwithstanding th-so -li.ll ulties. how
cii-r, a line was located ai-nm the winding
1.. of 1, ia- cr< ,-k an! giao d across the
i . ... a, lorty y- . ; ago. ’I i-en cam - tne
w . nd tin- pr j. - , wa , tcmpotar.ly aban
doned.
; t.. . -untr.v at that tim- wa very sparse
1'- . i I .-lull tin onio in anta;.: plateau
v.-.us a l.o.cioig wile- :in ss, a inra-tis.- for
tm- hum. r on a-. iniiil ol the abundance
of game.
Alter the war th country v.-is Impov
erished am! th-- pro.i -etor .- i - han-pere-1
;. i , mi-arras:-<l. so tii..t > aas n t until
1 2 that .Major -' -mb Ciiriisic, one tin:
ji:,.--.-trial ; --ne- ••-. saw 1i... li.n-i--.-t hopes
r Hz ' it: th,- < ...npiet>n --I Un- TellheS
• i I < . ->-a r.ul.' ;.i from river to river
a 1-0 ■■ tile forest clad pial au of the moun
tain.
With the completion of the road there
v. ■ ;.!i inlinx of . tilers Inin Georgia
an ' .ti ,-x-idus of tin- <-. ginal squatt-r ■
a:.-! bun;-r.; o- that wild region. Many
li rift. f..;rs fret i nl-.;o '’ovingi -n.
