A New Road

By 1935, most of the original path of the Unicoi Turnpike (from Tellico Blockhouse, Tennessee, to the Tugaloo River in Georgia) has been rerouted or paved. The longest remaining stretch of original roadbed still in use runs from east of Helen, Georgia to Murphy, North Carolina. Charlie Maloof urges the state to step in, building a modern highway to replace the aging road. As part of a much larger project, State Highway 75 is completed in 1938, but remains unpaved until 1953.

The new highway gives additional access to the rapidly expanding Georgia National Forest. The United States Forest Service, based on input from Arthur Woody, R. C. Nicholson and others, has been buying the lumber-stripped land, including the area near the new State Highway. In 1937 this forest, including much of the acreage around Helen, is renamed to the Chattahoochee National Forest. In addition to overseeing the reforestation by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Woody begins the re-population of deer (extinct in the mountains of North Georgia since 1895) and the introduction of non-native species favored by hunters and fishermen.

A Park named Unicoi

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