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Images | Georgia Trivia || 1795 Spain and the U.S. signed the
Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as Pinckney's Treaty) settling
a boundary dispute that had strained relations since the end of
the American Revolution. In the treaty, Spain agreed to
recognize the 31st parallel as West Florida's northern boundary
with Georgia. A large area of western Georgia had been claimed
by both Georgia and 1828 Benjamin Parks and a friend were
returning from Cherokee lands west of the Chestatee River, when
by accident, Parks kicked a stone as he was walking through the
woods in what was then Hall County (but in four years would
become part of newly created Lumpkin County). The stone's color
caught Parks' attention, and he bent down to examine what would
prove to be gold. Historical records identify five other people
who discovered gold near the present site of Dahlonega, Georgia
– but these records do not d