public so that visitors may observe the work that is going on. 
 
ABOUT YOUR VISIT 
Traveler's Rest is located on U.S. 123, six miles east of Toccoa. The mailing address is Route 3, Toccoa, Georgia 30577. The telephone number is (404) 886-2256. 
 
Traveling by stage coach was a slow and uncomfortable process at best. It took days to travel what now takes us hours. Travelers on the stagecoaches were at the mercy of the inn keepers enroute. Traveler's Rest stood out as a bright spot on many a journey. It was one of the few inns of the time that boasted of good home grown foods and comparitively clean beds. Three gentlemen to a bed was the norm and the ladies were left to the hospitality of neighboring plantations. 
During the 1890's, Traveler's Rest was well established as a summer resort for weary urban dwellers that included ladies as well. 
 
ADMINISTRATION The Parks and Historic Sites Division of 
the Georgia Department of Natural Resources administers Traveler's Rest. This department is the State's principle conservation agency and has basic responsibilities for fish , wildlife, mineral, water, air, recreational, park and historical resources. 
BIBLIOGRAPHY Earle, Alice, Stage-Coach and Tavern Days 
Dover Publications, New York, New York 1969 Trogdon, Kathryn C., The History of Stephens County Georgia Toccoa Womans Club Inc. Publishers, Toccoa, Ga. 1973 
 
Historic Traveler's Rest (Jarrett Manor) is listed on the National Register of Historic Places of the United States Department of the Interior. 
 
The Department of Natural Resources is an Equal Opportunity employer, and employs without regard to race , creed, color, sex, age , or national origin . 
 
 I. 1. HISTORY OF TRAVELER'S REST Traveler's Rest is located in the Tugaloo 
Valley which was formerly inhabited by the Cherokee Indians. This site was included in land granted to Major Jesse Walton in 1785. Major Walton was a Revolutionary soldier, Indian fighter, and political leader. While a member of the House of Commons of North Carolina, he introduced legislation in 1779 fo r the founding of Jonesborough in Washington County, the first city in what is now Tennessee. In 1780, Major Walton again took up arms in the Battle of King's Mountain and several campaigns against Indians. Late in 1783 , he visited Georgia , and in 1784 he ,.... moved to the Tugaloo River country of Northeast Georgia and was among Franklin County's early representatives to the Executive Council. 
Plagued by marauding Indians, Major Walton several times reported livestock stolen and appealed for protection to his old comrades General Elijah Clark and John Sevier. In 1789, while the Indian Commissioners waited for several days to sign a new treaty with the Cherokees, a marauding band of Indians raided the Tugaloo settlement, mortally wounding Major Walton. 
Indian agent Joseph Martin wrote from "Tugaloo in Georgia, July 2, 1789" that the Indians " made an attack on this quarter, killed and wounded several, among which was Major Walton, who is now at my elbow, who I expect will expire in a few minutes from this time. " Not long before his death, Major Walton had executed a will leaving his land holdings and other properties to his wife and children. In 1813, Joseph Martin, Walton's son-in-law, acquired the property from other Walton heirs. Subsequently, the property was sold to James Rutherford Wyly, who on August 21, 1838, sold 
 
it to Devereaux Jarrett. Devereaux Jarrett, described as the "richest 
man in the Tugaloo Valley," came to Tugaloo country by way of Oconee County, South Carolina, and Wilkes County, Georgia, where his father, a Revolutionary soldier under Marion, had Revolutionary land grants. By his shrewd business sense and energy, Jarrett accumulated a great deal of land in this area . 
Jarrett Manor was operated as a plantation, but as 
 
of good land near the house. He was a quiet , intelligent, well-behaved man, a great admirer of Mr. C. (Calhoun), and seemed anxious to do what was obliging and proper, more from good feeling than for the poor return he chose to take for his good fare . What charming country this would be to travel in, if one was sure of meeting with such nice clean quarters once a day!" John C. Calhoun was a frequent visitor. Joseph E. 
Brown, wartime governor of Georgia, spent his wedding night at the inn , and during the war many Confederate Of- 
 
traffic increased on the road past the house, Jarrett opened it to the public as a tavern, trading post, and post office. The Jarrett account books, which doubled as hotel registers, bear the names of illustrious travelers. G. W. Featherstonehaugh, English scientist and author, was a guest in 1837 and reported , " ... I got an excellent breakfast of coffee, ham, chicken, good bread and butter, honey and plenty of good new milk for a quarter of a dollar. The landlord cultivated an extensive farm, and there was a fine bottom 
 
ficers and enlisted men stopped over with the Jarrett family. Traveler's Rest remained in the Jarrett family until July of 1955. Mrs. Mary Jarrett White , the last family owner of the house and a granddaugl1ter of Devereaux Jarrett, herself made history as the first woman to vote in the State of Georgia. 
 
II. 2. RESTORATION OF TRAVELER'S REST In 1964, when the National Park Service 
of the United States Department of the Interior conferred National Historic Landmark status on Traveler's Rest, it was cited as an excellent example of an early tavern and inn in a rural, frontier setting. It was deemed significant because of its excellent preservation and unspoiled character. It was purchased by the State of Georgia and the Jarrett Manor Foundation of Toccoa in 1955. 
Traveler's Rest was built in two segments and, until recently, it was thought that the southern part was constructed by Jesse Walton during his ownership of the property . Additional archaeological and historical research indicates that the earliest part of the main structure was 
probably built between 1816 and 1825 while owned by James Rutherford Wyly. Research indicates that the northern half of the house was built approximately ten years later than the southern half; this suggests that Devereaux Jarrett built this part. Evidence also points to an Indian structure on the site, about where the main south chimney now stands, prior to any construction of the present house. The structure is built entirely of longleaf southern yellow pine with many boards ten to twelve inches wide. It is 90~ feet long and 38'l1 feet wide including the front porch. The heigl1t of ceilings on the first floor is nine feet and eigl1t feet on the second floor . There are eigl1t rooms on the ground floor and four on the second floor . There are six chimneys so located as to provide for heating the entire house. The original hardware was made in England. The State of Georgia is restoring the main building and site to the 1890 period, which is considered to be the peak of its long history. In the meantime, the site remains open to the