The trail passes under a highway overpass at just over. The trail begins its journey on a wide, porous concrete path paralleling the Hooch, as the river is fondly known. The trail begins at the Palisades Trailhead of the Chattanooga NRA at Paces Mills. The trail is a natural escape from a busy urban lifestyle and is popular with everyone from moms pushing strollers to eager morning cyclists and older folks taking afternoon strolls. The south segment is 2 miles long: the portion of the trail on national park land is called the Rottenwood Creek Trail while the urban 0.5 mile on the western end is known as the Bob Callan Trail. I traveled the southern section of Rottenwood Creek with my daughter and her boyfriend a few weekends ago. Who has found a large Rottenwood Tree at the start of the trail. OK TRD has passed his partial Cherokee Blood to his daughter. Rottenwood Creek was named for Rotten Wood, a local Cherokee Indian. It is a tributary to the Chattahoochee River. Rottenwood Creek (also spelled 'Rotten Wood Creek') is a stream in Cobb County in the U.S. TRD panoramic under Interstate North Parkway. Another tributary of the Hooch, turns out to be worthy of a separate Natural Wonder mention. Not gonna list them all, but I did find a hidden wonder with our last post on the palisades right here in Cobb County Georgia. My gosh, I find 12 more Georgia Natural Wonders on tributaries of the Hooch. Hell, we spent 9 Georgia Natural Wonders on the Hooch. We did the Chattahoochee River all the way down from Buford Dam over the past few months. In reality, the skirmish - today known as the Battle of Ruff’s Mill - did little except to prove the force of Confederate troops in the area.Georgia Natural Wonder #186 - Rottenwood Creek Fuller’s brigade moved from Nickajack Creek along Concord Road, investigating the Confederate works.įollowing “a bitter struggle,” Fuller “seized the first line of works on Hood’s (right) near the present Gann Cemetery,” according to a historical marker located on Concord Road just east of Nickajack Creek. The fighting is today known as the Battle of Smyrna. Lee’s retreat from Gettysburg, William Grose’s brigade attached the center of the Confederate line.

On July 4, the one year anniversary of the surrender of Vicksburg and Gen. “We now have the best chance ever offered of a large army fighting at disadvantage with a river at its rear.” “Press with vehemence at any cost of life and material,” Sherman said in a dispatch to Gen. The center of the line is located in the vicinity of the city’s train depot replica. “Here the skirmishing became more and more obstinate I called a halt and carefully reconnoitered Confederate main works stronger than usual in a very advantageous position were discovered,” he added.Ĭonfederate troops formed a line running from Rottenwood Creek on the right to Nickajack Creek on the left, running south of what is today Windy Hill Road and along Concord Road.

Not far below from Marietta some six miles near the Smyrna camp ground we came upon the Confederate works first their little detached pits sometimes a hole dug deep enough for protection and only large enough for a single man and sometimes large enough for five or six,” Maj. “It was 3 PM when we passed the Dow Station. Sherman’s forces, which had taken control of Marietta by July 3, pushed forward, hoping to disrupt Johnston’s troops before they crossed the Chattahoochee River. The area, located roughly where present day Smyrna Market Village is, was home to a non-denominational religious encampment. Following their retreat from Kennesaw Mountain, Confederate troops took up positions at what was then known as Smyrna Campground.

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