The national winners were Senatobia Middle School in Senatobia, Mississippi, in the elementary division and Tallulah Falls School in Tallulah Falls, Georgia, in the upper school division.

In 1898, the Tallulah Falls Railway was constructed on a north / south track through the county.

In addition to the Rabun County Sheriff's Office, the towns of Clayton, Mountain City, Dillard, Sky Valley, and Tallulah Falls all have their own police departments.

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One of the canoes used ( and signed by Ronny Cox ) is currently on display in the Tallulah Falls Railroad Museum, Dillard, Georgia.

Notably, it was the retirement home of baseball legend Ty Cobb who was born nearby, and was a base of operation for production of the 1956 Disney film The Great Locomotive Chase that was filmed along the Tallulah Falls Railway that ran from Cornelia northward along the rim of Tallulah Gorge to Franklin, NC.

In 1882, the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Railroad opened a line which extended northward from the Charlotte-Airline to Clarkesville and Tallulah Falls.

For the lake, see Lake Tallulah Falls, for the waterfalls and gorge, see Tallulah Gorge and for the river, see Tallulah River.

Tallulah Falls is a town in Habersham and Rabun counties in the U. S. state of Georgia near the Tallulah River.

It started out in the 1880s as a tourist town for the multitude of visitors to Tallulah Falls.

Tallulah Falls was the filming location for portions of the movie Deliverance.

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In 1904, the Tallulah Falls Railway was completed to Clayton from Cornelia, Georgia and was later extended to Franklin, North Carolina by 1907.

Just above the falls is Tallulah Falls Lake, created in 1913 by a hydroelectric dam built by Georgia Railway and Power ( now Georgia Power ) in order to run Atlanta's streetcars.

In 1882, Tallulah Falls Railway was built, increasing the accessibility of the area to tourists from Atlanta and south Georgia, and the gorge became North Georgia's first tourist attraction.

1918 timetable depicting all scheduled stops along the Tallulah Falls Railway

Map of the Tallulah Falls Railway depicting main depots

Historical marker at old Tallulah Falls Railway depot, Tallulah Falls, Georgia

The Tallulah Falls Railway, also known as the Tallulah Falls Railroad, " The TF " and " TF & Huckleberry ," was a railroad based in Tallulah Falls, Georgia, U. S. A. which ran from Cornelia, Georgia to Franklin, North Carolina.

In 1881, the Northeastern Railroad company was sold to the Southern Railway, with the line from Cornelia to Clayton being purchased by the Tallulah Falls Railway Company in 1897.

The Tallulah Falls Railway twice entered into receivership: first in 1908, and again in 1923, under which it would operate until its closure in 1961.

On March 10, 1961, The Tallulah Falls Railway was ordered to be sold as scrap.

The Tallulah Falls Railway had 42 massive wooden trestles which had to be negotiated along the 58 mile journey from Cornelia to Franklin.

Tallulah Bankhead came down with pneumonia twice during shooting, and Mary Anderson became seriously ill during production, causing several days of production time to be lost.

Tallulah is thought to be the place where Delta Air Lines got its early beginnings.

Tallulah Bankhead and Joan Bennett were widely considered to be the most likely choices until they were supplanted by Paulette Goddard.

When the dam was completed in 1913, the roar of the Tallulah Falls ( the roar could be heard for miles from the gorge ) was quieted, and tourism dwindled.

About three miles from Richmond, Lieb encountered enemy troops at the Tallulah railroad depot and drove them back but then retired, fearing that many more Rebels might be near.

She eventually became a housekeeper and sporadic lover to Tallulah Bankhead, claiming that any man attracted to her must really be a " lesbo.

An Over-the-Hill settlement called Tallulah was located on the upper portion of the Tallulah River.

He co-starred as Tallulah Bankhead's butler on a classic episode of The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour called, " The Celebrity Next Door ".

In any event, there was a Cherokee Over-the-Hill settlement called Tallulah located on the upper portion of the river.

Many of the passengers rode to view Tallulah Gorge, which was one of the most scenic spots in northeast Georgia.

Although Baba had initially begun gaining public attention in the West as early as 1932 as the result of contacts with some celebrities of the time ( such as Charles Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead, Boris Karloff and others ) and from the rather disillusioned account of Paul Brunton ( A Search in Secret India, 1934 ), he achieved additional attention over three decades later through the work of Pete Townshend of The Who.

William Putnam " Buck " Sevier, Jr., was a banker, town alderman, and mayor of Tallulah from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.

In 1817, the boundary line was established for the purchase of all lands east of the Chattahoochee River from the forks of the Soque and Chattahoochee Rivers in a direct northerly line to the Tallulah River.

First Baptist Church across from Walnut Bayou in Tallulah

Tallulah and Madison Parish have been the center of numerous members of the prominent Sevier family, who claim descent from John Sevier, a soldier in the American Revolution.

Among the political leaders from this family were William Putnam " Buck " Sevier, Jr., a banker, town alderman, and mayor of Tallulah, who served from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.

Clockwise from top left: Mindy Carson, Jimmy Durante, Tallulah Bankhead, Fred Allen and Ethel Merman

* Folk / Alternative singer / songwriter Bill Mallonee includes references to the Great Wallenda stepping out over Tallulah Gorge in his song " Balaam's Ass " from the recording Blister Soul by the Vigilantes of Love.

With a talent in fine arts, Daffney becomes star of the show as the understudy for Tallulah Bankfish ( a famous Broadway theatre actress from New Snork City ) in a play, and has entered a piece of sculpture for an art show.

A large family of Seviers in Madison Parish, Louisiana, also claim descent from John Sevier, among them State Senator Andrew L. Sevier of Tallulah, who served in the upper house in Baton Rouge from 1932 until his death in 1962.

Starting at a point about downstream from the dam for Tallulah Falls Lake, the boundary line between Habersham and Rabun counties follows the course of the Tallulah River to its end.

The upper Tallulah River Basin drains to the portion of the Tallulah River that is upstream from Lake Burton and includes northwestern Rabun County, northeastern Towns County and part of Clay County, North Carolina.

The United States Geological Survey collects data for the upper Tallulah River Basin from its gauging station at the point where the river crosses Plum Orchard Road.

This upper " gorge " is far less dramatic that the more famous Tallulah Gorge, but it starts just upstream from the river ’ s confluence with Coleman River and runs nearly past Rock Mountain on the western side of the river.