Motorists traditionally add stones to this roadside cairn, which local legend identifies as the grave of a Cherokee woman named Trahlyta. Historical scholarship has not established the popular story as authentic Cherokee tradition, so OddWay treats it as a long-running regional legend rather than documented tribal history.
Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.
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Source: georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/trahlytas-grave/