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The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever
The Georgia Gold Rush TwentyNiners Cherokees and Gold Fever
Author: David Williams
In the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that thousands of miners poured into the region. This southern gold rush, the first in U.S. history, reached Georgia with the discovery of the Dahlonega Gold Belt in 1829. The Georgia gold fields, however, lay in and around Cherokee territory. In 1830 the State...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780872498464
ISBN-10: 0872498468
Pages: 178
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Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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