Area Attractions

Prime Outlets – Calhoun,
Area Attractions

Area Attractions

• Fields Ferry Golf Course 706-625-5666
  

  Golf Digest Places to Play. 4 Star Award Winner.

• Harris Art Center 706-629-2599
  

  The Harris Art Center/ Calhoun Gordon Arts Council is an umbrella organization comprised of
  the Roland Hayes Museum, Calhoun Little Theatre, the Calhoun Community Chorus,
  the Visual Arts Guild & fine arts galleries,
  the Roland Hayes Music Guild/ACTS Performance Series,
  and Educational & Community outreach through
  art, music, and theater classes, camps, and events.

  
   

• New Echota Historic Site & Museum 706-624-1321
  

  In 1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital called New Echota at the headwaters of the Oostanaula River. During its short history, New Echota was the site of the first Indian language newspaper office, a court case which carried to the U.S. Supreme Court, one of the earliest experiments in national self government by an Indian tribe, the signing of a treaty which relinquished Cherokee claims to lands east of the Mississippi River, and the assembly of Indians for removal west on the infamous Trail of Tears. Today, visitors can see several original and reconstructed buildings, including the Council House, Court House, Print Shop, Missionary Samuel Worcester's home, and an 1805 store, as well as outbuildings such as smoke houses, corn cribs and barns. In the visitor center, guest can purchase original Native American arts, crafts and music, and view interpretive exhibits and a 17-minute film.
   

• Oakleigh 706-629-1515
  

  Home of the Gordon County Historical Society. Used by Sherman during the Civil War.
   

• Roland Hayes Museum 706-629-2599
  

  Tenor Roland Hayes, born in Curryville, Ga., in 1887 to former slaves, was the principal African American tenor performing classical music during the first half of the twentieth century.

  In 2000, the Roland Hayes Museum opened in the Harris Arts Center in Calhoun, Ga., where concerts are held annual in the singer’s honor. There is also is a historical marker in Calhoun in the Roland Hayes Park, located adjacent to the Calhoun Civic Auditorium now known as State Highway 156 West in Calhoun is named the Roland Hayes Parkway.