Cherokee Corner

Tom Gresham holds one of the maps detailing Native American sites in Oglethorpe County at UGA’s Archaeological Laboratory this spring. He said the Native Americans in the region lived on farmsteads, which include houses for the extended family. (Photo/Emily Slepsky)

Tom Gresham holds one of the maps detailing Native American sites in Oglethorpe County at UGA’s Archaeological Laboratory this spring. He said the Native Americans in the region lived on farmsteads, which include houses for the extended family. (Photo/Emily Slepsky)

Uncovering Oglethorpe’s Native American past

Jet Rawls and Emily Slepsky
Thursday, July 17, 2025
The Native American history of Oglethorpe County has remained largely unexplored, with its presence faintly echoed in local landmarks and scattered archaeological finds.
Cherokee Corner is marked by signs showing the direction of the curve. (Photo/Sarah White)

Cherokee Corner is marked by signs showing the direction of the curve. (Photo/Sarah White)

Wrecks always issue at Cherokee Corner

Julianna Duennes Russ
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Don't have time to read? Listen here instead.   Mary Nouri is used to hearing about traffic accidents along Cherokee Corner.    She grew up in a house near the infamous curve on U.S. Highway 78, just inside Oglethorpe County’s boundary with Athens-Clarke County.