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MuseumsFoothills Gallery of the Northwest Georgia Arts Guild Walker County Regional Heritage Museum |
The arts are thriving in Walker County! This entrancing gallery was the vision of a tri-county partnership of professional artists and craft makers. Remodeled and renovated, this former restaurant (across the street from the historic Marsh House) presents the work of established as well as student and emerging artists. Often, some of Northwest Georgia’s best artists are available on site to inform you, share their passion for their work and to assist you as you choose a piece for your own collection. 
Between 1888 and 1889, the railroad came to the little town of Crawfish Springs (later renamed Chickamauga). A hotel opened in 1891 and the train depot was built in anticipation of a throng of visitors. The dreams of the investors did not materialize and, in 1898, the hotel was used as a hospital for soldiers at Camp Thomas, located in the Chickamauga Battlefield. It was later demolished and replaced with the two-story brick community house that survives today. The Train Depot has been restored and exhibits War Between the States collectibles, Indian artifacts and Cherokee arrowheads, WWI artifacts, antique guns and furniture and a complete working display of Lionel Old Gauge model trains that date back to 1947.