Historic Site
(706) 886-2256
NEW HOURS OF OPERATION: Beginning January 2010, the site will be open on the first and third Saturday each month as well as the third Friday each month from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
This stagecoach inn and plantation home was built around 1815 by James R. Wyly. He strategically located it along the newly constructed Unicoi Turnpike, a busy highway over the Appalachian Mountains. Wyly operated the inn until 1833 when he sold it to his neighbor Devereaux Jarrett, the "richest man in the Tugaloo Valley." Jarrett continued to operate the inn, but doubled its size to make it the homeplace of his 14,400-acre plantation along the Tugaloo River. Three generations of Jarretts inhabited the site until the state of Georgia purchased the remaining few acres of the once-vast plantation for $8,000 in 1955. Thanks to both its architectural significance and its role in the early history of the area, Traveler's Rest was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964. Today, visitors can tour the house and see many original artifacts and furnishings, some of which were crafted by Caleb Shaw, a renowned cabinetmaker from Massachusetts.
“Here I got an excellent breakfast of coffee, ham, chicken, good bread, butter, honey, and plenty of good new milk for a quarter of a dollar . . . What a charming country this would be to travel in, if one was sure of meeting with such nice clean quarters once a-day!”
-- English Geologist George W. Featherstonhaugh, 1837
Hours: 1st and 3rd Saturday each month / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
3rd Friday each month / 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
www.GeorgiaStateParks.org/TravelersRest
Admission: $2.50–$4.
Group rates available with advance notice.
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Note: Travelers Rest Historic Site has no reservable facilities.
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Events
School Days at the Stagecoach Inn
Friday, Apr 16, 2010 9 AM
| Volunteers will be on hand so school groups can tour the inn in smaller numbers. School group admission is $2 per student. Teachers and bus drivers are free. 706-356-4362. |
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Traveler's Rest Pioneer Days
Saturday, Sep 18, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
 Talents and skills of the early 1800s pioneers are brought back to life. Special demonstrators will be on hand for spinning, weaving, blacksmithing, hearth cooking, and doll making and other pioneer skills. Visitors will also enjoy live period music and dancing. $2.75-$4. 706-886-2256. |
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Christmas for Travelers
Saturday, Dec 4, 2010 9 AM to 5 PM
| Visitors will enjoy live music and be entertained with period dances by the 1860s Civilian Society. Craft demonstrators will show their skills in blacksmithing, knitting, crocheting, spinning and more -- all in an 1800s decorative setting created by the Friends of Traveler’s Rest. $2.50-$4.00 706-356-4362. |
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