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Gold coin, 3 dollars, reverse view, Dahlonega, 1854
Gold coin coined at the U.S. mint at Dahlonega
Gold Coin, 3 dollars, front view, Dahlonega, 1854
Gold coin coined at the U.S. Mint at Dahlonega
Land Grant, Cherokee County, 15 August 1832
Land grant of 40 acres won by James Orr Sr.
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.
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.
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…
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
Photograph, Dahlonega, Georgia
Photograph showing the town and surrounding areas of Dahlonega, Georgia
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…
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.