Others think Buckhead’s history begins with the emergence of
neighborhoods, schools and businesses along Peachtree Road as
the area morphed from a rural farming enclave into a thriving
suburb of the city of Atlanta. The actual human history of the
area extends back much earlier, by literally thousands of years.
I remember well searching the grounds of The Lovett School on
Paces Ferry Road for the odd arrowhead or pottery shard. With
Lovett being on the banks of the Chattahoochee River, there were
many stories and artifacts linking the private school campus to
the area’s earliest residents. Those stories, it turns out, are
the stories of much of Buckhead, Sandy Springs and Vinings, as
earlier Native American settlements tended to be along the
creeks and rivers that are so prevalent. Long before
Thrasherville, which in 1839 was the earliest community in the
downtown area, the rich abundance of natural resources here drew
Native Americans, specifically the Muscogee people. Their
stories will be explored on Sept.