The definitive story of Georgia's role in the first U.S. gold rush In the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that th

In the 1820s a series of gold strikes from Virginia to Alabama caused such excitement that thousands of miners from all parts of the United States poured into t

The first gold rush in American history occurred in north Georgia; it preceded the mining booms in the West by almost two decades. Published in 1956, Auraria te

Ararat -- A Railroad and Rowland Springs -- Iron -- The Education of Joseph E. Brown -- The Republic of Georgia -- Destruction -- Anew.

Recounts the life of Chief John Ross of the Cherokees using Ross' personal papers and Cherokee archives as sources.