Currahee is an ancient Cherokee term meaning “Stands Alone,” and Currahee Mountain does indeed stand alone rising from the surrounding plains some 1000 feet, as a lone sentinel on the lower reaches of the Blue Ridge in North Georgia. This outcropping announces the higher mountains only 2 miles to the north, and for the Cherokee the mountain was both a holy place and a navigational benchmark indicating the beginning of their hunting grounds. It later became a metaphor for individual courage within the tribe, and was often sought out by the young braves for their spiritual quests; on this mountain they found both individual challenge and triumph.