Journey to Golden Valley
By Troy Damron The school that became Toccoa Falls Institute in 1911 had its beginning in Golden Valley, North Carolina, in 1907 as Golden Institute. Although I heard Dr. Forrest make this statement on many occasions, I did not become interested in the details of these early “roots†until I was preparing to write the book A Tree God Planted. By that time, the people who could have given first hand information of the Golden Valley experience were no longer available. When the book went to press, the information concerning Golden Valley was meager and may have been inaccurate in