Talk:Big Frog Mountain

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[edit] Origin of name

"The mountain earns its distinctive name by, according to some, looking a bit like a frog in profile."

I thought it was of Cherokee origin, there being several frog placenames and Cherokee mythology in the area:

Walasi’yi: "Frog place." 1. A former settlement, known to the whites as Frogtown, upon the creek of the same name, north of Dahlonega, in Lumpkin county, Ga.

Gwal’ga’hi: "Frog-place," from gwal’gu, a variety of frog, and hi, locative. A place on Hiwassee river, just above the junction of Peachtree creek, near Murphy, in Cherokee Co., N.C.; about 1755 the site of a village of refugee Natchez, and later of a Baptist mission.

..but I can't find a source specific to Big (and Little) Frog Mountain. Will look more later. Pfly 21:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

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