Question for gold collectors south of the Mason-Dixon...

Longacre

So, how do you pronounce "Dalonega"? I have heard it spoken a few ways. Some say "Doll-laun-egg-a", I have heard it said "Dall-lon-E-ga" and "Dell-on-aga". Which is correct?

tjkillian

When I was there on vacation last year, the locals pronounced it Dah-lone-a-ga

Tom

Stuart

Duh-LON-eh-guh (accent on LON)

Dukie101

Tom,almost!!!!! It's Dah-lon-a-ga.

RYK

This issue comes up about once each year.

OnlyBuffalos

Dahlonega (duh-LAHN-uh-guh), town (1990 pop. 3,086), seat of Lumpkin co., N Ga., 17 mi/27 km NNW of Gainesville; 34°32'N 83°59'W. Mfg. includes transportation equipment, textiles, wines; trade center; gold mining, sawmilling. North Georgia Col. here. Settled with opening of gold and copper mines in 1829; had U.S. mint 1836-1861. Former courthouse houses Gold Mus. operated by Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources. Tourism important to local economy. N Ga. Col. and State Univ., a unit of the Univ. System of Ga. Inc. 1833.

Dukie101

Dahlonega, a boom town when Atlanta was just a village, is the center of the richest section of a gold bearing region extending from the Carolinas toward Alabama. The earliest evidence of humans in the area was discovered in 1990 by an archeologist, who found an early woodland period site about a mile east of town. The site could date back as far as 1000 B. C. In 1828 the Cherokee Indians, the first known people to inhabit the county, occupied over four million North Georgia acres. The Cherokee named the region "Ta-lo-Ne-Ga" their word for the color yellow. "Dahlonega" is the white man's version of the Cherokee word. Dahlonega was also called "Licklog" by early settlers because it was used to leave salt licks for their cattle.

ms70

Da lahn egg a

is how I say it.

Hoot

<< <i>Dahlonega, a boom town when Atlanta was just a village, is the center of the richest section of a gold bearing region extending from the Carolinas toward Alabama. The earliest evidence of humans in the area was discovered in 1990 by an archeologist, who found an early woodland period site about a mile east of town. The site could date back as far as 1000 B. C. In 1828 the Cherokee Indians, the first known people to inhabit the county, occupied over four million North Georgia acres. The Cherokee named the region "Ta-lo-Ne-Ga" their word for the color yellow. "Dahlonega" is the white man's version of the Cherokee word. Dahlonega was also called "Licklog" by early settlers because it was used to leave salt licks for their cattle. >>



Very cool bit of history! Thanks for sharing that.

Hoot