(Sept. 2013) Enlarge "Sherman Neckties" at the Tunnel Hill Museum
 
Tim Barclay

(Sept. 2013) Enlarge Interpretive Marker
 
Tim Barclay

(October 2002) Facing east along the Western & Atlantic railroad toward the tunnels at Tunnel Hill. The modern tunnel is visible in the distance
 
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Don Worth

(May 2013) Enlarge 1,497 feet long railroad tunnel through Chetoogeta Mountain, officially dedicated on October 31, 1849 by Etowah steel-maker Mark A. Cooper on behalf of the state-owned Western & Atlantic Railroad
 
James Neel

(May 2013) Enlarge To lighten their load and hopefully discourage pursuit by the engine whose smoke they could see gaining on them, the raiders began to drop their boxcars; one was set alight and left in a covered wooden railroad bridge, but due to preceding days of torrential rain this was foiled. The crew of Texas merely bumped into and coupled with them until they could drop them on convenient sidings. When Texas approached the tunnel at Tunnel Hill it with apprehension that a trap lay ahead. Unfortunately for the pursued, they had little time and no tools to seriously impede the unexpectedly swift and dogged pursuers. Today the once-closed tunnel is again open for tours and even boasts its own visitor center
 
James Neel