Gold Rush
Jan 22, 2003 · Gold rush towns sprang up quickly in north Georgia, particularly near the center of the gold region in presentday Lumpkin County. Auraria became an instant boomtown, growing to a population of 1,000 by 1832. The county seat, called Licklog at the time, in 1833 became known as Dahlonega, for the Cherokee word talonega, meaning either golden or ...