July 28 at 9:05pm Â·. Here is a map of the new route proposed by the Mountain Valley Pipeline. Back in April The Discover Monroe Team hiked up to look at the Peters Mountain Crossing.... This hike exposed the many problems with the proposed crossing.
Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Walton County, Georgia. It is located east of Atlanta and is part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. The population was 13,234 at the 2010 census.
Monroe was founded in 1818 as seat of the newly formed Walton County. It was incorporated as a town in 1821 and as a city in 1896. Monroe was the premier cotton producer in the state of Georgia during the 1900s. The two main cotton mills in Monroe used to be the driving economic force in the region.