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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.

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