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Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society 
08/31/2026

Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society 

An aerial view of the Mt. Pleasant business district from the 1954 Tiger Roar yearbook. Mont Amoena Female Seminary is still standing (upper left, behind the Baptist church) and the Lentz Hotel was on Main Street. In the lower left you can see the beginning of the sidewalk that led to McAllister School.

08/25/2026

CABARRUS UNWRAPPED: There’s Gold in Cabarrus County!

Did you know America’s first documented gold discovery happened right here in Cabarrus County?

In 1799, 12-year-old Conrad Reed discovered a 17-pound gold nugget near his family’s farm in what is now Midland. Not knowing its value, the family reportedly used it as a doorstop for three years!

That discovery helped launch America’s first gold rush, making North Carolina the nation’s leading gold-producing state until 1848.

⛏️ A few golden facts:

🪙 Conrad’s father sold the original nugget for only a fraction of its true value.

🤯 An even larger 28-pound nugget was later discovered at the mine.

🌎 Miners from Cornwall, England, brought advanced tunneling techniques to the operation.

🦇 Today, the historic tunnels are even home to bats!

Planning a visit? There’s plenty to explore at Reed Gold Mine. Visitors can:

⛏️ Tour the historic underground mine tunnels

✨ Pan for gold anytime during the year

🏛️ Explore the visitor center and exhibits to learn how gold was mined

🥾 Walk the grounds and trails of this historic property

📸 See firsthand where America’s first gold rush began

From a 12-year-old’s incredible discovery to a fun day trip today, there’s a lot of history to uncover right here in Cabarrus County.

Now that’s a story worth unwrapping! 💛

Visit their website at: historicsites.nc.gov/all-sites/reed-gold-mine.

Photo credit: Explore Cabarrus

08/25/2026
Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society
08/24/2026

Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society

08/21/2026

We hope you can join us this weekend to support our local schools.
(And if you'd like, we'd love for you to share this post to help spread the word)

08/19/2026

It’s National Potato Day!
Did you know there was a potato patch at the Reed Mine? The Reed potato patch wasn’t for root vegetables, but instead was an area of rich digging on Upper Hill where miners dug gold “like potatoes”. Nuggets found in the trench weighed up to 12 pounds, and were presumably the size of potatoes. Other miners in the area found up to 19 pounds of gold in one day.

Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society
08/17/2026

Museum Monday from our friends at the Eastern Cabarrus Historical Society

Our favorite hot weather picture: wading in Adams Creek

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