Traveler's Rest

Historical marker location:

Toccoa, Georgia

( Marker is on Riverdale Road, 0.4 miles north of U.S. 123, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1964

Georgia was the site of the first European settlement in what is now the United States. In 1565, the Spanish established a settlement on St. Simons Island, which is now part of Georgia.