| The history of this unspoiled area is as hazy as its | | | | of the North Georgia Mountains. |
| blue peaks at nightfall, especially the origin of the | | | | SUNLIGHT |
| "fort" in Fort Mountain. Fort Mountain was named | | | | More widely believed is that a tribe of Indians |
| for an 855-foot stone wall that runs east to west | | | | may have built the wall for religious reasons. The |
| and stands just under the peak of Fort Mountain | | | | sun (and all things nature) was a religious symbol |
| in North Georgia. The mysterious wall stands two | | | | for many Indian cultures and the wall is built in a |
| feet in some places and as high as six feet in | | | | way that the sun is directly on one side of the |
| others; many agree that the wall was probably | | | | wall at sunrise and the opposite side at sunset. No |
| significantly higher when it was originally built. For | | | | religious artifacts have ever been reported found |
| countless years people from far and wide have | | | | at the site of the wall, supporting this theory, as |
| tried to figure out just who, when, and why the | | | | Indians tended to take their ceremonial pieces |
| wall was built. The mystery surrounding Fort | | | | with them when they moved on. |
| Mountain is unsolved and shall remain that way for | | | | While the mystery remains as to who built the |
| years to come but there are interesting theories | | | | wall and why, scholars can agree that the wall is |
| that have the curious wanting to see it for | | | | old.The most agreed upon date of construction is |
| themselves. | | | | sometime around 500 A.D. making this stone wall |
| MOONEYES | | | | over 1500 years old! Today's residents and |
| Some believe that the wall was built to protect | | | | visitors regularly uncover arrowheads, making |
| Welsh explorers from hostile Indians. Cherokee | | | | their visit even more exciting. |
| Indian legend refers to a race that they called | | | | Can you solve the mystery of Fort Mountain in |
| "moon eyes". The term "moon eyes" has been | | | | the North Georgia Mountains or will the mystery |
| thought to refer to light skinned, light eye colored | | | | remain around for another 1500 years? |
| people. Legend says that they inhabited a portion | | | | |
