Battle of Taliwa State Historical Marker

Located 2.5 Miles West of Confluence of Long Swamp and the Etowah River

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BATTLE OF TALIWA

Two and one-half miles to the east,

near the confluence of Long-Swamp Creek

and the Etowah River, is the traditional

site of Taliwa, scene of the fiercest and

most decisive battle in the long war of the

1740's and 50's between the Cherokee and

Creek Indians.

There, about 1755, the great Cherokee

war chief, Oconostota, led 500 of his warriors

to victory over a larger band of Creeks.

So complete was the defeat that the Creeks

retreated south of the Chattahoochee River,

leaving to their opponents the region later

to become the heart of the ill-fated Cherokee

Nation.

028-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

Photo: Ed Jackson

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