Gold in Them Thar Hills – Today In Southern History
22 July 1829
22 July 1829
On this date in 1829…
Gold was discovered on Cherokee land in present-day Lumpkin County,Georgia. The strike began the first great gold rush on American soil, spelled the death-knell of the “Five Civilized Tribes,” and led ultimately to the Indian Removal Act.
Other Years:
1587 – A second group of English settlers arrived on Roanoke Island off North Carolina to re-establish the deserted colony.
1862 – The ironclad ram C.S.S. Arkansas fended off a second attack by Federal rams and ironclads at Vicksburg, Mississippi.
1864 – The Battle of Atlanta, Georgia began.
1933 – Southern aviator Wiley Post ended his around-the-world flight, having traveled 15,596 miles in 7 days, 18 hours and 45 minutes.
1960 – Cuba seized and nationalized all primarily Southern US-owned sugar factories
1963 – Arkansas native Sonny Liston once again KOd Floyd Patterson in round 1 at Las Vegas to retain the world heavyweight boxing title
1975 – Confederate General Robert E. Lee had his U.S. citizenship restored by the U.S. Congress.
1986 – In a rare move, the US House of Representatives impeached Judge Harry E. Claiborne of Arkansas for tax evasion
1995 – Susan Smith was found guilty of drowning her two children in South Carolina
2011 – Space Shuttle Atlantis landed successfully at Kennedy Space Center in Florida after completing STS-135, the final flight of NASA’s space shuttle program.
2019 – The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys was named most valuable sports team in the world with a worth of $5 billion
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