Living on the Unicoi Road

The popular tourist town of Helen is one of the most visited places in Georgia. Helen's colorful past is recounted in UNICOI ROAD and its companion book, THE STORY OF HELEN. From its begining at a long-abandoned and all-but-forgotten pioneer cemetery, UNICOI ROAD sets off on a three-centuries-long odyssey through the Helen valley and across much of North Georgia. The region was the wild domain of panthers, Indians, traders, and soldiers for a hundred years until the Unicoi Road was begun in 1813. The next century belonged to the pioneers and gold miners whose story is told for the first time. With over 50 pictures and illustrations, UNICOI ROAD is a virtual front porch where one can sit and watch a long-lost tale of the north Georgia mountains unfold. The story does not end there, though, for the author follows the threads of the past to find them still woven into the evolving tapestry of modern life in the beautiful northeast Georgia mountains.