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.
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Henry P. Haney (November 25, 1846 - November 19, 1923) was an American Last survivor of The Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War.
The pursuit of Andrews' Raiders formed the basis of the Buster Keaton silent film The General and a dramatic 1956 Walt Disney film, The Great Locomotive Chase.
Later, in 1955, Walt Disney selected the railway as the location of principal photography for The Great Locomotive Chase.
Henry P. Haney (1846–1923), American last survivor of The Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War
Wilson W. Brown, (1837–1916) was a soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor for his role in the Great Locomotive Chase during the American Civil War.