President James K. Polk State Historic Site: A President’s Carolina Roots
America’s 11th president was born in a log cabin in what is now Pineville, just south of Charlotte. The President James K. Polk State Historic...
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Reed Gold Mine: Where America’s First Gold Rush Began
California’s gold rush had a Carolina rehearsal. In 1799, young Conrad Reed found a 17-pound yellow rock in Little Meadow Creek on his father’s Midland...
