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1830s

1832 Gold Lottery

November 24, 2025

The land that is now Polk County was included on the 1832 Gold Lottery, which was the 7th of 8 land lotteries of Georgia. You can find the […]

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1830s / Native Americans

Chief Collard and the Cherokee

December 13, 2018January 4, 2019

Chief Collard lived peacefully in Cedar Town among white settlers until the Cherokee Indians were rounded up and driven from northwest Georgia in 1838. Later Collard and his […]

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1830s / Newspaper Articles

Location of Charlie Town

December 13, 2018April 20, 2019

Below is a newspaper article about Charlie/Char’le/Charlee/Charley Town. For a detailed history, visit http://trailofthetrail.blogspot.com/2009/11/newly-revised-site-report-for-cedartown.html. Some observations of an old residenter, Editor Advertiser: Please allow me space in your […]

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