 toccoa falls college is a fully accredited, christian liberal arts college, located in toccoa, georgia, on the edge of the piedmont region and in the foothills of the blue ridge mountains. the campus occupies , bordering the chattahoochee national forest and is home to toccoa falls a  high waterfall. it is affiliated with the christian and missionary alliance and is accredited by the commission on colleges of the southern association of colleges and schools (sacs) and the association for biblical higher education. ==history== ===beginnings=== in 1907, toccoa falls college was founded by r. a. forrest in golden, north carolina, as the golden valley institute. on january 1, 1911, forrest bought the haddock inn and  of land. in october, he relocated the school to near toccoa, georgia, in order to be near a mainline railroad. he renamed the school toccoa falls institute and added secondary school courses to the theological classes. in 1913, the haddock inn, which was the classroom and residence building, was destroyed by fire. after living in tents for a time, the school built a new campus. in 1928 the secondary courses were reorganized and the state of georgia accredited it as toccoa falls high school, which remained open until 1976. in 1937, the state of georgia chartered the four-year college program and allowed it to grant the degree bachelor of arts in biblical education. ===dam break disaster===  on november 6, 1977, the kelly barnes dam, built up and used by the college for electrical power since the toccoa falls institute days, collapsed and the  lake it impounded drained through the lower part of the campus. the resulting flood killed 39 people and injured 60 more, as well as destroying muc
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