Fort Attaway Press Release  November 6, 2006

if saved from GDOT project fort attaway has chance to be linked to Chickamauga campaign heritage trail and 500,000 visitors a year

Raymond Evans is a Cultural Anthropologist with over 40 years of experience. He is the man that speared headed the saving of Moccasin Bend in Chattanooga. He is the man that conducted all the research and production for Chickamauga's Campaign Heritage Trail brochure. Mr. Evans conducted an evaluation and research on Fort Attaway this last September, and produced a report. He reported to Mr. John Culpepper, City Manager of Chickamauga and Chairman of the Georgia Civil War Commission, and Mr. Culpepper is very interested in helping Fort Attaway and adding Fort Attaway and Rome to their Heritage Trail brochure.

The Raymond Evans report can be found at: http://www.fortattaway.com/SynthesisDoc_4Web_8_28_2006/SynthesisDoc_4_Web_8_28_2006.html

Greater Rome Convention and visitors bureau and marlin Teat spread inaccurate information to tourists

In early 2006 a driving tour brochure of Rome's Civil War sites to be written by Marlin Teat was commissioned and paid for by the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau. In October 2006 Fort Attaway acquired a copy of Teat's rough draft. In our opinion it is a continuation of the Georgia Department of Transportation's inaccurate account of Rome's Civil War history with both versions directed at omitting Fort Attaway from their accounts of Rome's Civil War history.

A copy of Marlin Teat's rough draft for the Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau is on our website at www.fortattaway.com/MarlinTeat_Report/MarlinTeat_Report_10_20_2006.pdf