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of Mountain Life hosts the annual Mountain Heritage See page 8 for a calendar of local
Festival and is also home to the 1906 Mock House and festivals and events, but check the
Civil War-era Payne Cabin. RECREATION
The Georgia Mountain Fall Festival in October cel- Chamber’s website for the most up-
ebrates mountain life with early settler reenactments, to-date event listings and details.
food, and arts & crafts. It’s one of the many festivals,
rodeos, concerts and other events held each year at
the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds.
Listed on the National Register of Historic
Places, the Historic Union County Courthouse
HISTORY COMES ALIVE anchors the center of Blairsville’s Town Square.
Learn more about the area’s deep Appalachian history It’s currently home to an extensive military
through a wealth of museums, attractions and annual museum, research and genealogy room, minia-
events. In April, the two-day Georgia Mountain Sto- ture collection and more. On weekend evenings
rytelling Festival shares Appalachian traditions and from May through October, visitors are invited to
history through storytelling, workshops, a quilt dis- the courthouse to hear local bands playing Music
play and other programming. In the fall, the Museum on the Square. 

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