City of Lookout Mountain

The City of Lookout Mountain, Georgia and Lookout Mountain, Tennessee both perch atop a mountain which has been a constant landmark in a constantly changing world.

Until the mid-1800's the mountain was called 'Chatanuga' by the native american inhabitants. This is a Cherokee word meaning 'mountains looking at each other'. The early pioneers warned each other to 'lookout' when traversing the rapids below the mountain for warring Indians and marouding pirates.