1971 Map of Red Hill

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Martin Lake dominates this 1970s landscape, its sprawling shoreline reaching into the valleys of Gold Branch and Wind Creek. The map centers on the massive engineering of Martin Dam at Cherokee Bluffs, where the Tallapoosa River is harnessed by a Gaging Sta & Powerhouse. This era shows a transition from rural agricultural land to a recreation-centered economy, evidenced by the Church in the Pines near the settlement of Kowaliga.