City of Waleska

The town was named after Warluskee, the daughter of an Indian chief who lived in the area. When Warluskee was moved to the West along with her people, her friends, Mr. And Mrs. Lewis W. Reinhardt, named their settlement in her honor.

Industry in Waleska in the past included gristmills, lumbering, tobacco manufacturing and some mineral development. The lumber industry is still active in the area, as is agriculture.

The chief "industry" of the town, however, has always been the Reinhardt College, and Waleska has come to be regarded, almost exclusively, as a college town.

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