Today went to Amicalola Falls.
Amicalola means tumbling waters in Cherokee, falls are highest in Georgia at 729 feet. Park is the southernmost entry to the AT (with the AT approach trail). Located in GA gold belt. 604 steps and a lot of steep uphill paths to top of falls.
Later in the day, we went to Dahlonega. Dahlonega means 'precious yellow color' in Cherokee. 1828 white men first discovered gold literally on the floor of the forest. This resulted in the Trail of Tears. Between 1838 and 1861 the US gov operated a mint there. Manufactured 6 million dollars in per YEAR todays coins (which is 115 billion dolars today). Complete set of gold coins in city hall vault at gold museum, today worth 6 million. City Hall bricks had flecks of gold. So much gold at the time that little flakes didn't matter to them. Estimated 20% gold in GA Mountains has been removed. Like all mining, it destroys all ecological habitat to access it. Talk about dangerous processing.
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