1936 Map of Dougherty Gap

About this map

Lookout Mountain and Pigeon Mountain converge in this high upland area of Walker County, Georgia, where the land falls away into the distinctive saddle of Dougherty Gap. Compiled from aerial photographs in the mid-1930s by the Tennessee Valley Authority, this advance sheet focuses on the terrain and local drainage systems like Hog Jowl Creek. A significant marker of the era's conservation and labor history is the noted CCC Camp (Abandoned), which appears alongside a local High Sch. The sparse settlement pattern reflects the area's elevation and physical geography, serving as a rare look at the specific footprints of Depression-era work relief projects in the north Georgia mountains before later development or forest regrowth altered the site of the camp.