By Linda Tancs
Twenty years before the 1849 gold rush in California, thousands of prospectors flocked to Dahlonega, Georgia, marking what many call the true beginning of America’s gold rush. The Dahlonega Gold Museum chronicles the region’s mining legacy. Housed inside the 1836 Lumpkin County Courthouse (one of the oldest courthouse buildings in Georgia), the museum features rare gold coins minted in the town, a nugget weighing more than 5 ounces and a large hydraulic cannon and nozzle used to blast soil from mountainsides. Recreational panning for gold in most streambeds is allowed.
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