1943 Map of Tunnel Hill

About this map

Taylor Ridge and Rocky Face Mountain frame this 1940s landscape, illustrating a classic North Georgia pattern of settlements tucked into fertile gaps and valleys. The St Louis and Nashville Tennessee Railroad dictates the local geography, passing through its namesake passage at Tunnel Hill and through Mill Creek Gap. Small rural centers such as Trickum and Rocky Face serve as anchors for a dispersed farming community, evidenced by a dense network of country schools and houses of worship like Stony Point Sch and Dogwood Ch. Along the banks of East Chickamauga Creek and Mill Creek, the presence of Callaway Mill and Hassler Mill highlights the local dependence on water-powered industry during this era. This topographic record captures the transition of the region as the Dixie Highway began to supplement the old rail-and-river economy.