The Story Behind The Name  

The name "Fourth Mountain" comes from the poem "Looking From Dahlonega," written by Mildred W. Greear.  It is one of our favorite poems because it expresses so very well the love we have for the mountains and valleys of this area. The poem appears in Mildred’s book of her collected works titled Moving Gone Dancing. Mildred lives and writes in Helen, GA.

Looking From Dahlonega 

The fourth mountain
under the moon—

That one

counting straight down

from where light

spills—

Follow the drip

past silver splatter

on ocean of trees

gone blue,

down to darker

line, again

to the thin shadow,

barely distinct,

limned so scantily,

saying how narrow,

narrow

the valley it shields,

and the next one

just below—

Yes, you see it now—

the fourth one?

That’s home. 

-- Mildred White Greear