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WHITESBURG McIntosh Reserve Park is a passive recreation area
maintained by Carroll County and less than a 10-minute drive
Population 727 Home of the Longest & Largest Zipline Canopy
Tour in the World at Historic Banning Mills from the town of Whitesburg. With frontage on the Chattahoochee
River, it sits on 527 acres and offers primitive camping, pavilions,
4 Established 1860
a splash water park and trails for hikers and equestrian riders.
4 Incorporated 1874
4 Named for railroad official, Andrew J. White Famous Son: Chief William McIntosh
4 First school was built in 1873, which became Hutcheson College 4 Father was Scottish and mother was Creek Indian Historic Banning Mills
4 Local commercial shopping district 4 Owned a large plot of land on the Chattahoochee River, Boundless adventures await visitors to Banning
Mills: nature trails, swimming pool, fishing
4 “A little city with a big heart” which is now southeast Carroll County lake, ropes courses, and the longest, largest
4 Public water system 4 Murdered by a group of his own people after signing continuous eco zip line canopy tour in the world.
4 Full-service police protection the Treaty of Indian Springs in 1825 Population data compiled from the U.S. Census
4 Outstanding recreation department 4 His property became known as McIntosh Reserve Bureau, 2019 estimates

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