Articles about North Georgia history and the state in general. This section is currently being developed. For more information on North Georgia History, please see North Georgia History
Civil Rights March, January, 1987
| Civil Rights March, January, 1987 Hosea Williams led 75 marchers through Cumming, Georgia on January 17, 1987. Returning the next week with Coretta Scott King, Andrew Young and Joseph Lowery, the marchers... |
Georgia and the American Revolution
| Georgia and the American Revolution Overview of the American Revolution in Georgia, focusing on North Georgia's involvement |
Georgia Gold Rush
| Georgia Gold Rush America's first gold rush occurred in the mountains of North Georgia in 1829 |
North Georgia, 1783-1828
| North Georgia, 1783-1828 Federal highways crossed early Georgia, giving whites access to the Cherokee land they would later steal. From Ringgold to the Chattahoochee, and Hiawasee to Tugaloo, these roads... |
Wofford's Tract
| Wofford's Tract Perhaps the most unusual cession of land from the Cherokee to the state of Georgia was this four-mile tract in the northeast. |
Yazoo Land Fraud
| Yazoo Land Fraud A series of acts inspired by political greed giving Georgia's western lands to developers that ended in the Supreme Court. |
Other pages of interest on About North Georgia American Indians of Georgia |
Georgia's Moundbuilders
| Georgia's Moundbuilders Georgia's first civilization, the Mississippian Moundbuilders, rose during Woodlands Indian period and built both ceremonial and burial mounds throughout the state |
| About North Georgia Feature Articles |
Little Secrets
| Little Secrets Story of the murder of Mary Phagan and trial of Leo Frank, the most famous criminal proceeding in Georgia history. |
Iron Industry
| Iron Industry Iron production was an important industry in Antebellum Georgia. Jacob Stroup began 3 furnaces, two in Georgia and one in North Carolina. Mark Cooper purchased the Etowah Works in 1843. |
Airplane crash at Orly Field
| Airplane crash at Orly Field Tragic Air France crash taking the lives of 111 of Atlanta's elite, civic leaders, art patrons and politicians |
| American Indians of Georgia |
Worcester v. Georgia
| Worcester v. Georgia Chief Justice Marshall validate the Treaty Clause of the United States Constitution in a ruling in favor of the Cherokee Nation |
| North Georgia Mountains |
Lookout Mountain
| Lookout Mountain From Tennessee through Northwest Georgia and into Alabama, Lookout Mountain stretches through the cultural history of these three states |
| North Georgia State Parks |
Dahlonega Gold Museum
| Dahlonega Gold Museum Tells the story of our Nation's first Gold Rush, and the affects it had on North Georgia history |
| North Georgia Weather |
North Georgia Droughts
| North Georgia Droughts A look at droughts suffered through by the Peach State, especially those with the greatest impact on North Georgia. |
| The Civil War in Georgia |
Battle of Davis Crossroads
| Battle of Davis Crossroads A brief battle in McLemore Cove that presaged the much larger Battle of Chickamauga |
Battle of Allatoona Pass
| Battle of Allatoona Pass Hood's first major battle after the loss of Atlanta left a strong Union fort in place when the Confederates failed to take an important railroad pass |
Before Chickamauga
| Before Chickamauga As William Rosecrans moves on the Western and Atlantic Railroad, Braxton Bragg decides to commit his entire force to stopping them. |
Chickamauga Campaign
| Chickamauga Campaign Covers the movements prior to the battle of Chickamauga. |