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70 miles NE of Atlanta

Dahlonega is a Cherokee word meaning "precious yellow." In 1828, according to legend, a trapper named Benjamin Parks stubbed his toe on a rock and uncovered a vein of gold here that quickly brought prospectors streaming into these hills. A town called "Dahlonega" suddenly appeared -- America's first mining boomtown. The gold craze changed Cherokee culture forever.

Although prospecting hasn't been a major industry since the Civil War, enough gold is still around to periodically re-leaf the dome of Georgia's State Capitol, and to intrigue visitors who come here to pan for it .

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