- Collection:
- Vanishing Georgia
- Title:
- [Photograph of Vann's Tavern, New Echota, Gordon County, Georgia, not before 1956]
- Date of Original:
- 1956/1994
- Subject:
- Taverns (Inns)--Georgia
Architecture--Georgia--New Echota - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Gordon County, 34.50336, -84.87575
United States, Georgia, Gordon County, New Town, 34.53064, -84.90578 - Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- New Echota, after 1956. Vann's Tavern was built ca. 1805 by James Vann, a Cherokee Indian. It was located near Vann's Ferry which provided transportation across the Chattahoochee River between Hall and Forsyth counties on what was known as the Federal Road. Richard Winn became the owner after Vann's death in 1809. Later a Mr. Boyd bought it. Early in 1956 the tavern was dismantled log by log and reconstructed at New Echota. New Echota is located northeast of Calhoun. In 1825 it was designated the capital of the Cherokee Nation. In 1976 New Echota was named a National Historic Landmark. The relocation was necessary because its original location was slated for flooding by the waters of Lake Lanier. Buford Dam, located in Forsyth County, was completed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in 1957. The dam created Lake Lanier which flows into both Forsyth and Hall counties.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_vang_gor118
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/vang/do:gor118
- Rights Holder:
- Held by Georgia Archives, 5800 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, GA 30260.
Contact repository re: reproduction and usage. - Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Archives
- Rights:
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