Allatoona was a town that reached its height during the gold rush of the 1840s along with what nearby Cherokee County town?
Allatoona, Georgia Allatoona was a town located in extreme southeastern Bartow County, Georgia. The population is estimated to have been approximately 1,000. Built along Allatoona Creek, it was a gold mining area later in the first U.S. gold rush, which took place in Georgia and North Carolina. Reaching its height in the 1840s, the Georgia Gold Rush continued into the 1850s even while the second gold rush was occurring in California. (Gold was also mined in nearby Woodstock.)
Indianola, Texas Indianola is a ghost town located on Matagorda Bay in Calhoun County, Texas, United States. The community, once the county seat of Calhoun County, is a part of the Victoria, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area. In 1875, the city had a population of 5,000, but on September 15 of that year, a powerful hurricane struck, killing between 150 and 300 and almost entirely destroying the town. Indianola was rebuilt, only to be wiped out on August 19, 1886, by another intense hurricane, which was followed by a fire. Indianola was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1963, marker number 2642.