Currahee Mountain looms in the Distance, three miles from downtown Toccoa. Today there are few reminders that a camp at the base of this rugged peak served as the birthplace of the famed 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment whose WWII bravery is legendary. Significantly, "Currahee" is a Cherokee word meaning "stand alone". To this day the Regiment yells "Currahee" when they jump from airplanes.
Notable Appalachians
Whether it's just one person or a group, the people of Northeast Georgia's Applachian region are special. Spend a little time here reading about them and learn why they stand out in a crowd!
Tommy Aaron ~ Golfer
Born February 22, 1937 in Gainesville, Georgia, Thomas Dean Aaron is on
the Top 70 All-Time Money List. He turned professional in 1960 and
joined the PGA Tour in 1987. He won the Masters Golf Tournament in
Augusta, Georgia in 1973.
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Paul Anderson ~ Olympian
Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) is considered
by many as the strongest man who ever lived. He was listed in the
Guinness Book of World Records for a backlift of 6270 pounds. He also
could do a one armed press of 380 pounds.
As a child he suffered from Bright's disease, a kidney disorder, and eventually died from kidney disease. He was only 5 feet 9 inches tall and started weightlifting to build up his size in order to play football. He showed such remarkable promise as a weightlifter that he gave up football to concentrate on becoming the world's strongest man.
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As a child he suffered from Bright's disease, a kidney disorder, and eventually died from kidney disease. He was only 5 feet 9 inches tall and started weightlifting to build up his size in order to play football. He showed such remarkable promise as a weightlifter that he gave up football to concentrate on becoming the world's strongest man.
Olive Ann Burns ~ Columnist & Author
Olive Ann Burns (July 17, 1924 – July 4, 1990) was a writer for all of
her professional life, but she completed only one book before her death
in 1990. That book, Cold Sassy Tree, has become a phenomenon since its
publication in 1984, selling over one million copies worldwide and
still going strong. As a novel about coming of age in a small Southern
town, it has taken its place alongside such American classics as Mark
Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Harper Lee's To Kill A
Mockingbird. It was made into a TV movie in 1989 starring Faye Dunaway
and Richard Widmark, and now it has been adapted into an opera by
Carlisle Floyd.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
In 1933, with the United States in the depths of the Great Depression,
Franklin D. Roosevelt developed a plan called The New Deal to help the
nation. One part of this New Deal was to put young men across America,
mostly from the cities, to work. The program created to do this was
called the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Not only did the CCC
program create jobs, it played a major role in creating resources for
backcountry recreation as we know it today.
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