Dahlonega Mint Connection With GA Cherokee Indians

Not that I am aware of. It probably only has to do with where the gold was found.



From http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/...nt-dahlonega


FYI - I moved your thread to this section, I think it fits here.

Good one Fuzzy.

The short answer to your question is that there is a connection to the Dahlonega gold operations and the mint, and it's not pretty. In fact it's one of the most shameful episodes in American history.

The Cherokee Indians owned a lot of land in the Dahlonega area and the local farmers wanted it. The Indians were farmers and had adapted to the White man's ways. They were peaceful and prosperous. Yet the local authorities tried to push them out.

The case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court where the Indians won, but that didn't matter. President Andrew Jackson ignored the Supreme Court's ruling and pushed the Indians off of their land. The result was "The Trail of Tears" where many of them died on their way out west.

This episode is one of the black marks against the Andrew Jackson presidency. It's one of the reasons why I say "OVERRATED!" when some historians call him a "near great president."

In the mean time the land was parceled out by a lottery. Larger tracts were deemed not to have gold on them. The smaller ones were thought to have gold. Some people who won the gold tracts sold them out to speculators immediately.

I pulled all of this up from memory without additional research, but it's the truth. Others might to take to time to fill in more of the blanks. I am a conservative politically, and I don't traffic in tales of injustice for political reasons.

Oh yes, they did it. You can still see some of the scares on the hills, and one of the old water cannon is on display in the upstairs room of the village square museaum.

Very interesting part of history. Thank you all for sharing your knowledge.

THANKS BILLJONES! Exactly what I needed to know and couldn't seem to get my hands on the information. A very sad tale indeed. I once went up to South and North Dakota where the Cherokee landed. That landscape is eerie. Almost looks like the moon except this pale yellow. We drove for miles without seeing anything alive.

Growing up I had always wondered what it would have been like to have more Indian heritage around. I remember seeing an odd lumpy hill near Helena and my dad had said that it was an indian grave yard; I have no idea if that is true or not.... weird, the things you remember from being a kid.

Thanks everyone for answering my curiosity...

Here you go:

1847-D $5 Gold

Very interesting read....Thanks for sharing this.