Trains, Cherokee and Culture in the Southern Appalachian Mountains
- Ride the original railroad line in Chattanooga, across four bridges and through the pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel.
- Tap your toes to the music of the Cherokee and to performances of Southern Appalachian music.
- Travel by train along the Toccoa River through the North Georgia countryside to two quaint sister towns nestled deep in the mountains of Georgia and Tennessee.





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