Tale of two Gold Rushes: Greased pigs, tobacco spitting and pie eating coming back to Lumpkin - Gainesville Times

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Tale of two Gold Rushes: Greased pigs, tobacco spitting and pie eating coming back to Lumpkin

New festival promising old-fashioned fun

Ron Cartledge, left, and Charlie Whelchel, organizers of the Old Fashioned Gold Rush, stand on Wednesday, Oct. 17, on the property where they will host the Lumpkin County event. They hope to create a Gold Rush festival that resembles what the event used to be. - photo by Austin Steele

10182018 RUSH 001.JPG — Ron Cartledge, left, and Charlie Whelchel, organizers of the Old Fashioned Gold Rush, stand on Wednesday, Oct. 17, on the property where they will host the Lumpkin County event. They hope to create a Gold Rush festival that resembles what the event used to be. - photo by Austin Steele

Greased-up pigs, tobacco-spitting contests, pie eating: Charlie Whelchel remembers what Gold Rush Days used to be.