Long before California's forty-niners and before Olympic gold medals became the ultimate prize, the pursuit of the precious metal started at Reed Gold Mine in Cabarrus County. The story began on a ...
The Kannapolis History Associates will welcome former Reed Gold Mine manager John Dysart for a special presentation on the ...
MIDLAND, N.C. (InvestigateTV) — The California Gold Rush of 1848 triggered a mass migration west, but gold was discovered more than 50 years earlier in North Carolina, 2,000 miles east of California.