This road is part of Hightower Trail, an old Indian path to the Etowah River that ran from High Shoals of the Appalachee westward to Shallow Ford on the Chattahoochee. It formed a boundary between Cherokee lands to the north and Creek lands to the south. From 1817 to 1821, it marked the Georgia frontier and was used by pioneer families settling this section. On November 17th and 18th, 1864, the left wing of Sherman’s Army passed down this trail on its march to the sea.