The cost of $25 per book includes sales tax and shipping & handling.  Make checks payable to Chestatee Publications, 689 N. Chestatee Street, Dahlonega  GA 30533.  Indicate if the book is to be inscribed.  For more information, call Anne Amerson at 706-864-6589 or e-mail at anneamerson@yahoo.com

 

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I Remember Dahlonega

A Brief History

  “Dahlonega: A Brief History” was published in October of 2006 by The History Press.  This latest book by local author Anne Dismukes Amerson narrates Dahlonega’s colorful history from 1828 to the present.   Chapters feature Dahlonega: Site of the First Major Gold rush in the U.S.; Dahlonega: Seat of Government for Lumpkin County; Dahlonega: Site of a U.S. Mint;

 

Dahlonega During the Civil War; Dahlonega’s Former Mint Becomes a College; Dahlonega’s Popular Spa Called Porter Springs; Dahlonega’s Post-Civil War Mining Boom; Dahlonega During the First Half of the 20th Century; Dahlonega Since 1950: History Still in the Making.  Contains 126 pages, 51 historical photographs and index.