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Gold was first discovered in what would become the town of Gold Hill in southeastern Rowan County in 1824. $6 million in gold was mined here prior to the Civil War and a mint was located in Charlotte as a result. [5] In the 1840s, Gold Hill was "a raucous mining camp town with a considerable number of saloons and brothels."
[1]: 20, 27, 48 1839-C $5 Gold Coin. The Carolina gold rush, the first gold rush in the United States, followed the discovery of a large gold nugget in North Carolina in 1799, [2] by a 12-year-old boy named Conrad Reed. He spotted the nugget while playing in Meadow Creek on his family's farm in Cabarrus County, North Carolina.
Gold Hill: 12: Lentz Hotel: Lentz Hotel: June 14, 1982 : College St. Mount Pleasant: The Lentz Hotel in Mount Pleasant, North Carolina, is an historic site built in 1853 that is the oldest commercial building in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. 13
Gold Hill Township is one of fourteen townships in Rowan County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 10,015 according to the 2000 census. Geographically, Gold Hill Township occupies 32.29 square miles (83.6 km 2) in southern Rowan County. Incorporated municipalities in Gold Hill Township include the town of Rockwell ...
Daniel Isenhour House and Farm is a historic home and farm and national historic district located near Gold Hill, Cabarrus County, North Carolina.The district encompasses three contributing buildings and one contributing site.
In 1799, the discovery of gold at the nearby Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County led to America's first gold rush. The North Carolina Zoo, America's first state-supported zoo, is located in the Uwharries region. The Caraway Mountains, a segment of the Uwharries, are located in western Randolph County, west of Asheboro.
Rowan County (/ r oʊ ˈ æ n / roh-AN) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina that was formed in 1753, as part of the British Province of North Carolina.It was originally a vast territory with unlimited western boundaries, but its size was reduced to 524 square miles (1,360 km 2) after several counties were formed from Rowan County in the 18th and 19th centuries.
During the Carolina Gold Rush, a Mr. Byerly surveyed for gold on his property, about ten miles east of Lexington, North Carolina. In the spring of 1838, he discovered lead carbonate on a shallow hilltop later dubbed Silver Hill. Roswell A. King purchased Byerly's property and began excavating a shaft, naming the site King's Mine.