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The fair typically includes carnival rides, exhibits, a photography show, the Miss Georgia Mountain Fair contest, and live music. [3] The fair has hosted internationally-known musicians such as George Jones, Tammy Wynette, and Kenny Rogers. [2] Between 1989 and 1994, the fairgrounds was the home to Georgia's official historic drama, The Reach ...
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East of the town of Hiawassee, Georgia, the highways begin a concurrency with US 76/SR 2. In Hiawassee, SR 75 departs to the northeast. A few miles to the west, north-northeast of Young Harris , SR 17 departs US 76/SR 2, and begins a short concurrency to the north with SR 515 until they both reach their northern terminus at the North Carolina ...
Hiawassee is the county seat of Towns County, Georgia, United States. [5] The population was 981 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Its name is derived from the Cherokee —or perhaps Creek—word Ayuhwasi , which means meadow , [ 6 ] (A variant spelling, "Hiwassee," is used for the local river and some other Appalachian place names.)
A United States fur trade factory was constructed in modern-day Hiawassee between 1807 and 1811. [5] Hiawassee was settled by whites around 1820 and was designated seat of the newly formed Towns County in 1856. It was incorporated as a town in 1870 and as a city in 1916. [6] Young Harris College was founded in 1886. [7]
U.S. Route 441 (US 441) in the U.S. state of Georgia is a 354.2-mile-long (570.0 km) north–south United States Highway through the east-central portion of the state. It travels from the Florida state line near the Fargo city area to the North Carolina state line, in the northern part of Dillard.
Watson Mill State Park. Watson Mill Bridge State Park is a 1,018-acre (4.12 km 2) Georgia state park located near Comer and Carlton on the South Fork of the Broad River.The park is named for the Watson Mill Bridge the longest original-site covered bridge in Georgia, which spans 229 feet (70 m) across the South Fork of the Broad River.
The fair board agreed. [5] [6] Noel Turner, a former Hamilton Gardens board member described the condition of the gardens in 2016: "The lack of structural integrity was such that the (125' Rosebay) bridge could have collapsed at any time. Georgia Mountain Fair, TVA and Towns County were exposed to potential liabilities.