Whiteside Mountain

SW Jackson County 3½ mi. NE of the town of Highlands in the Blue Ridge; NE slopes are head of Chattooga River. Near the top is a sheer rock precipice 1,800 ft. high from which the mountain takes its name. Called Sanigilagi by the Cherokee Indians; the meaning is unknown. In 1950 a Spanish inscription of unknown origin was discovered there. A connected peak on the N is known as Devil's Courthouse, which see.