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Gold Diggers' Road

Gold Diggers' Road is a Georgia historical marker in Lumpkin County, dedicated 1954.

Located at the intersection of Calhoun Road (U.S. 19) and Business U.S. 19 in Dahlonega.

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This section of highway was once a part of the "Gold Diggers' Road," one of the earliest ways used in reaching this area during the Gold Rush days. Beginning on the Chestatee River to the east, where it connected with a route coming from South Carolina via Toccoa, Clarkesville and Cleveland, the Gold Diggers' Road led here; thence southward, along U.S. 19 to Dahlonega and from there to Auraria. Much of its original course is now abandoned.

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USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection

Historical maps covering this location

Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering the location of Gold Diggers' Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
Gen. map VIII, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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