Photo Gallery: Pickens County Courthouse
Marker text:
Created December 5, 1853, and named for General Andrew
Pickens of Revolutionary fame. The first settlements sprang up along the Old
Federal Road which followed in general the route of the highway through
Tate, Jasper and Talking Rock.
Mount Oglethorpe (formerly called Grassy
Knob), Burrell Top of Burnt Mountain and Sharp Top Mountain dominate the
skyline in the northeast part of the county; to the southwest is Sharp
Mountain.
Coming of the railroad in 1883 made possible
development of a large and important marble industry.
112-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1953
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