Bandits rode squad deep through ramshackle towns, dragging people behind their horses. There are some anecdotal reports of various individuals stumbling upon the magnificent ore, but it wasn't until the Georgia Journal printed the following notice that the discovery of gold in the state went on record: "GOLD.-A gentleman of the first respectability in Habersham county, writes us thus under date of 22d July: 'Two gold mines have just been discovered in this county, and preparations are making to bring these hidden treasures of the earth to use.' So it appears that what we long anticipated has come to pass at last, namely, that the gold region of North and South Carolina, would be found to extend into Georgia." Only a few months later, northern Georgia was overrun by those hopeful of striking it rich-despite the protests of the Cherokee Nation-causing the second gold rush in American history to go down in history as "The Great Intrusion."Īccording to nearly every Western ever made, the Wild West was just that-wild. The great state of Georgia holds claim to America's second gold rush, though nobody really knows who discovered the shiny metal there first.
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