Creek Nation Road runs between Ga. 124 and Ga. 332 in Jackson County. The name might be curious to some, but old-timers and history buffs know why it came about.Creek Indians once roamed the county in large numbers. They co-existed with the Cherokees, though at times the tribes fought each other and were considered rivals.Beth Laughinghouse of the Jackson County Historical Society said her uncle, Freddie Phillips, lived on Creek Nation Road and was all the time finding Indian artifacts on his property.A historical account by Frary Elrod, late superintendent of Jackson County Schools, relates a story where the Creeks and Cherokees settled a boundary dispute with a stickball game.