Auraria: The Story of a Georgia Gold-mining TownIn the 1830's the town of Auraria, located in north Georgia, grew up and reached its zenith. Herein is the colorful story of this exciting gold-mining town, the first in American history, antedating by almost two decades the mining booms in the West. But Auraria dwindled and faded until in the twentieth century it became one of the dead towns. In placing Auraria in its proper perspective the author goes beyond a mere local study and brings in historic developments which concerned the South and the nation as a whole --Page 2 of cover. |
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... population , the number of which , would reflect great credit to a city which had not been settled longer than this place , and this number too , has been col- lected from all parts of the Union , and placed here without any sort of ...
... population , the number of which , would reflect great credit to a city which had not been settled longer than this place , and this number too , has been col- lected from all parts of the Union , and placed here without any sort of ...
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... population , enter- prise and talents . " And the final Regular Toast : " The American fair . " Without the smiles of partial beauty won , O what were man , a world without a sun . Every well - regulated Fourth of July celebration had ...
... population , enter- prise and talents . " And the final Regular Toast : " The American fair . " Without the smiles of partial beauty won , O what were man , a world without a sun . Every well - regulated Fourth of July celebration had ...
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... population “ dwindled to less than 300. " 29 Later a visitor to Auraria with a party of sightseers declared that in its " halcyon " days it had a population of 6,000 and that now there were “ just five ramshackle houses left of the ...
... population “ dwindled to less than 300. " 29 Later a visitor to Auraria with a party of sightseers declared that in its " halcyon " days it had a population of 6,000 and that now there were “ just five ramshackle houses left of the ...
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Acts of Georgia Agnes Paschal Allen Matthews Andrew Jackson announced April 16 April 9 Atlanta Journal Auraria Aurarialand Aurarian country bank Cain Calhoun called cash cents CHAPTER Charleston Cherokee country Cherokee Nation Chestatee River chuck-a-luck citizens Constitution coun courthouse Creek Dahlonega digging early Editor Fambrough Etowah Etowah River fact Gainesville Geor George Georgia's Forgotten Industry gold lot Gold Mining gold region gold-mining Grandma Paschal Guy Rivers Hines Holt History of Lumpkin horse Ibid J. J. Hutchinson January 31 John July June 11 Juvenis King land later laws lawyers legislature Ligon lottery Lumpkin County ment miles Milledgeville miners mountains Nathaniel Nuckolls Negroes newspaper November and December Nuckollsville nuggets October Oglethorpe County paper person population published Recorder and Spy resident settled Shaw Simms soon South Carolina Southern Banner tavern Texas Thomas tion toast town Union United village West Western Herald William Wilson Lumpkin