Georgia Gold Rush
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Georgia Gold Rush
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Indian Removal Act (An Act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the river Mississippi), Twenty-first U.S. Congress, Session 1, Ch. 148, 28 May, 1830
U.S. legislation that forced all Native Americans living east of the Mississippi to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory,” which eventually became the state of Oklahoma. The relocation process and path became known as the "Trail of…
Postcard, Court House, Dahlonega, Georgia
Postcard showing the courthouse of the town of Dahlonega, Georgia. The courthouse was completed in 1836. Developed around the time of the Georgia Gold Rush, it was named the Lumpkin County seat in 1833.
A map of that part of Georgia occupied by the Cherokee Indians, taken from an actual survey made during the present year 1831, in pursuance of an act of the general assembly of the state
This interesting tract of country contains four millions three hundred & sixty six thousand five hundred & fifty four acres, many rich gold mines & many delightful situations & though in some parts mountainous, some of the richest land belonging to…
Photograph, Dahlonega, Georgia
Photograph showing the town and surrounding areas of Dahlonega, Georgia
Act to extend the corporate limits of the Town of Dahlonega, General Assembly of the State of Georgia, 1838
Legislation extending the corporate town limits of Dahlonega by a quarter of a mile in every direction from the town courthouse
Military Orders, Cherokee Removal, 17 May, 1838
Typewritten document, dated May 17, 1838, containing the orders pertaining to the removal of the Cherokee Indians remaining in North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama, to territory west of the Mississippi, according to the terms of the New…
Map Selection, Georgia counties, 1838
Selection from a map of Georgia counties highlighting Lumpkin County, which became populated in part due to the Georgia Gold Rush. Dahlonega and Auraria are two important cities in the history of the Georgia Gold Rush.
A map of the first section of that part of Georgia now known as the Cherokee Territory ... designated the Gold Districts and taken from actual survey, 1832 [?]
![A map of the first section of that part of Georgia now known as the Cherokee Territory ... designated the Gold Districts and taken from actual survey, 1832 [?]](https://digilab.libs.uga.edu/scl/files/square_thumbnails/9c3d7135c06cfe12172751fea0befa6a.jpg "A map of the first section of that part of Georgia now known as the Cherokee Territory ... designated the Gold Districts and taken from actual survey, 1832 [?]")
Map showing the gold districts outlined by the Georgia General Assembly. There are over 10,000 lots shown here. This land was outlined despite the land officially being Cherokee Territory.
