396 LUMPKIN COUNTY. 



Miscellaneous. — The value of town lots is 834,505. Va- 

 lue of stock in trade, $29,360. Money at interest, $12,366. 



Falls. — Amicalolah Falls are 17 miles west of Dahlonega, 

 near the road leading to Tennessee. The name is said to be 

 a compound of two Cherokee words, " ami,'' signifying water, 

 and " calolah," rolling or tumbling. A writer* in the Orion, 

 vol. ii., page 352, thus describes these falls : " The view from 

 the top does not (as is the case at Tallulah) comprehend the 

 whole extent of all the cascades ; but, on some accounts, is 

 preferred. The range of mountains to the south and west, 

 as it strikes the eye from the summit of the falls, is truly sub- 

 lime ; and the scene is scarcely surpassed in grandeur. The 

 view from the foot embraces, as strictly regards the falls them- 

 selves, much more than the view from above, and is therefore 

 perhaps the better ; both, however, should be obtained, in or- 

 der to form a just conception of the scene ; for here we have 

 a succession of cataracts and cascades, the greatest not ex- 

 ceeding 60 feet, but the torrent in the distance' of 400 yards 

 descending more than as many hundred feet. This creek has 

 its source upon the Blue Ridge, several miles east of the falls; 

 and it winds its way, fringed with wild flowers of the richest 

 dyes, and kissed in autumn by the purple wild grapes, which 

 cluster over its transparent bosom ; and so tranquil and mir- 

 ror-like is its surface, that one will fancy it to be a thing of 

 life, conscious of its proximate fate, rallying all its energies for 

 the startling leap ; and he can scarcely forbear moralizing 

 upon the oft recurring and striking vicissitudes of human life, 

 as illustrated in the brief career of this beautiful streamlet." 



Name. — This county was named in honour of Wilson 

 Lumpkin. This gentleman is a resident of Athens, Clarke 

 county, Georgia, in the enjoyment of fine health, and devoting 

 himself to the pursuits of agriculture. From memorandums 

 obligingly furnished us by this distinguished gentleman, we 

 are able to furnish the people of Georgia with the follow- 

 ing memoir. Mr. Lumpkin was born in Pittsylvania coun- 

 ty, State of Virginia, on the 14th January, 1783. When 

 he was one year old his father removed to Georgia, and settled 



* General Hansell, of Marietta. 



