Currahee Mountain

Currahee Mountain
	The Currahee Mountain with the transmission masts on the summit.
height	529 m
location	Stephens County , Georgia , United States
Mountains	Blue Ridge Mountains
Coordinates	34 ° 31 '45 " N , 83 ° 22' 33" W Coordinates: 34 ° 31 '45 " N , 83 ° 22' 33" W.
particularities	Highest mountain in Stephens County; Known from the TV series Band of Brothers ;

The Currahee Mountain is a mountain in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Stephens County , Georgia . Located near Toccoa , it is the tallest mountain in Stephens County at 529 meters . His name means in the Cherokee language "standing alone" or "where cress grows".

geography

Currahee Mountain is about seven kilometers southwest of Toccoa and three kilometers southeast of the former Camp Toccoa in Stephens County, Georgia, less than ten miles from the South Carolina border.

Currahee Mountain rises about 240 meters from its immediate vicinity and is the highest mountain in Stephens County with a height of 529 meters. The summit is a landmark southeast of the ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains and is located at the transition from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Piedmont . A part of the mountain is located in the Chattahoochee National Forest , a National Forest ( State Forest ) in North Georgia.

history

After the Indian Wars, the Currahee Mountain was mentioned in 1785 as a landmark in the border determinations in the Treaty of Hopewell (Treaty of Hopewell), which the Cherokee and the Confederation Congress of the United States concluded. By Benjamin Hawkins of Currahee Mountain was in 1796 laying down the Hawkins line , a line of separation between the Creek , used, and the United States. From 1804 to 1818, the Hawkins Line served as the border between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation .

During the Civil War , the Currahee Mountain gave its name to the Battle of Currahee (Battle of Currahee, also called Battle of Narrows ), which took place within sight of the mountain. In the battle on October 12, 1864, troops of the Confederate troops of the Union struck . The battle claimed few lives, a memorial on US Highway 441 in Baldwin , Banks County commemorates them.

Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink , first in command of the 506th Paratrooper Regiment and namesake of the Colonel Robert Sink Trail

During the Second World War , Camp Toccoa was established nearby and served as the first training ground for the 506th US Paratrooper Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Armed Forces . The Regiment's Easy Company story is the basis of the book and the miniseries Band of Brothers - We Were Like Brothers . The series made the Currahee Mountain, which the soldiers ran over and over again in training, internationally known. The soldiers of the regiment call themselves "Currahees", after the name of the mountain that derives from the Cherokee term gurahiyi ("where cress grows" or "single").

Since 2004, the Currahee Mountain has hosted the Currahee Challenge , a mountain run over 5,000 and 10,000 meters (or 3 and 6 miles ), as well as one for beginners (1 mile). The run begins and ends at the Currahee Memorial at the base of the mountain and runs along the Colonel Robert Sink Trail (a path named after the first commander of the 506th Paratrooper Regiment and used by soldiers in training) to the summit.

Web links

Data from the Geographic Names Information System
Data on peakbagger.com (English)
View from Currahee Mountain
Views of the Currahee Mountains

Individual evidence

^ The NGS Data Sheet. (Text) National Geodetic Survey (NGS), accessed on August 15, 2016 (English): "POSITION- 34 31 45.20892 (N) 083 22 33.17540 (W)"
↑ Currahee Mountain. City of Toccoa, accessed on August 15, 2016 (English): "Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot summit is visible for many miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest. "
↑ Charles J. Kappler: Treaty with the Cherokee, 1785. (jpg) Article IV. Oklahoma State University Library, 1904, accessed on August 17, 2016 (English, author information at http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler /Vol2/treaties/che0008.htm):+ " ... thence to the South-Carolina Indian boundary, and along the same south-west over the top of the Oconee mountain till it shall strike Tugaloo river; then a direct line to the top of the Currohee mountain; because of the head of the south fork of the Oconee river. "
^ Thomas Foster: The Collected Works of Benjamin Hawkins, 1796-1810. In: books.google.de. The University of Alabama Press, 2003, pp. 13-14 , accessed on August 18, 2016 (English): "The line must be run from Tugalo River over the Currahee Mountain to the source of the main south branch of the Oconee."
^ David Seibert: Historical Markers by County. Hawkins Line. GeorgiaInfo, accessed on August 18, 2016 (English): "This line, sometimes called" The Four Mile Purchase Line, "was the boundary between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation from 1804 to 1818."
↑ Elizabeth B. Cooksey: Habersham County. New Georgia Encyclopedia, July 14, 2006, accessed on January 23, 2017 (updated by NGE staff, last 2016-11-29): “On October 12, 1864, Confederate troops defeated Union troops at the Battle of Narrows ( also called the Battle of Currahee), which was fought at a mountain pass in the county. "
^ Battle of Narrows. Georgia Historical Society, June 16, 2014, accessed January 23, 2017 : "Casualties were small and the wounded were cared for by neighbors."
↑ Stephens County, GA: History. In: stephenscountyga.com. Stephens County, accessed August 13, 2015 : “The mountain was made famous internationally by Steven Spielberg's World War II TV series Band of Brothers. During the American paratroopers training at Camp Toccoa ran up and down Currahee as part of their training regimen. "
^ Georgia Place-Names. (pdf) C - Currahee Mountain. Kenneth K. Krakow, p. 25 of 26 , accessed on August 13, 2015 (English): "The derivation is from the Cherokee Indian name gurahiyi, which means" water cress place "or may mean" standing alone "."
↑ The names stayed. In: news.google.com. Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, August 29, 1990, p. 53 of 84 , accessed on August 14, 2016 (Sources include "Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney," Placenames of Georgia "by John Goff and "Indian Place Names in Alabama" by William A. Reed.): "Currahee, as in the mountain, is Cherokee for" it stands alone "."
^ Currahee Challenge. Race listing information. USA.run, Inc., July 28, 2005, accessed on January 24, 2017 (English): "Events: 6M, 3M, 1M run"
↑ 16th Annual Currahee Challenge 5K and 10K - Toccoa, GA 2016. Active Network, LLC, accessed on January 24, 2017 (English): “The start / finish will be at the Currahee Memorial, located at the base of Currahee Mountain just outside Toccoa, GA. ... It is run from the base of Currahee Mountain on the Colonel Robert Sink Trail, the training site of the 501st, 506th, 511th and 517th Parachute Infantry Regiments seen in Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan & The Dirty Dozen. "

[1] The NGS Data Sheet. (Text) National Geodetic Survey (NGS), accessed on August 15, 2016 (English): "POSITION- 34 31 45.20892 (N) 083 22 33.17540 (W)"

[2] Currahee Mountain. City of Toccoa, accessed on August 15, 2016 (English): "Currahee Mountain rises abruptly about 800 vertical feet above the local topography and is the highest peak in Stephens County. Part of the mountain is in the Chattahoochee National Forest. On clear days, the peak's 1,735-foot summit is visible for many miles and is a prominent landmark to the southeast of Georgia's Blue Ridge Mountain crest. "

[3] Charles J. Kappler: Treaty with the Cherokee, 1785. (jpg) Article IV. Oklahoma State University Library, 1904, accessed on August 17, 2016 (English, author information at http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler /Vol2/treaties/che0008.htm):+ " ... thence to the South-Carolina Indian boundary, and along the same south-west over the top of the Oconee mountain till it shall strike Tugaloo river; then a direct line to the top of the Currohee mountain; because of the head of the south fork of the Oconee river. "

[4] Thomas Foster: The Collected Works of Benjamin Hawkins, 1796-1810. In: books.google.de. The University of Alabama Press, 2003, pp. 13-14 , accessed on August 18, 2016 (English): "The line must be run from Tugalo River over the Currahee Mountain to the source of the main south branch of the Oconee."

[5] David Seibert: Historical Markers by County. Hawkins Line. GeorgiaInfo, accessed on August 18, 2016 (English): "This line, sometimes called" The Four Mile Purchase Line, "was the boundary between Georgia and the Cherokee Nation from 1804 to 1818."

[6] Elizabeth B. Cooksey: Habersham County. New Georgia Encyclopedia, July 14, 2006, accessed on January 23, 2017 (updated by NGE staff, last 2016-11-29): “On October 12, 1864, Confederate troops defeated Union troops at the Battle of Narrows ( also called the Battle of Currahee), which was fought at a mountain pass in the county. "

[7] Battle of Narrows. Georgia Historical Society, June 16, 2014, accessed January 23, 2017 : "Casualties were small and the wounded were cared for by neighbors."

[8] Stephens County, GA: History. In: stephenscountyga.com. Stephens County, accessed August 13, 2015 : “The mountain was made famous internationally by Steven Spielberg's World War II TV series Band of Brothers. During the American paratroopers training at Camp Toccoa ran up and down Currahee as part of their training regimen. "

[9] Georgia Place-Names. (pdf) C - Currahee Mountain. Kenneth K. Krakow, p. 25 of 26 , accessed on August 13, 2015 (English): "The derivation is from the Cherokee Indian name gurahiyi, which means" water cress place "or may mean" standing alone "."

[10] The names stayed. In: news.google.com. Calhoun Times and Gordon County News, August 29, 1990, p. 53 of 84 , accessed on August 14, 2016 (Sources include "Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney," Placenames of Georgia "by John Goff and "Indian Place Names in Alabama" by William A. Reed.): "Currahee, as in the mountain, is Cherokee for" it stands alone "."

[11] Currahee Challenge. Race listing information. USA.run, Inc., July 28, 2005, accessed on January 24, 2017 (English): "Events: 6M, 3M, 1M run"

[12] 16th Annual Currahee Challenge 5K and 10K - Toccoa, GA 2016. Active Network, LLC, accessed on January 24, 2017 (English): “The start / finish will be at the Currahee Memorial, located at the base of Currahee Mountain just outside Toccoa, GA. ... It is run from the base of Currahee Mountain on the Colonel Robert Sink Trail, the training site of the 501st, 506th, 511th and 517th Parachute Infantry Regiments seen in Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan & The Dirty Dozen. "