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Indeed there was, It occurred in 1799 and was the first gold rush in the US. Gold was mined in North Carolina for many years .
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When was the original American gold rush?
1799 in North Carolina
When was gold found in North America?
In 1799 Gold was found in North Carolina, but it didn't amount to much. The 1828 discovery in Georgia was the first Gold Rush.
How did the gold rush start in North Carolina?
The North Carolina Gold Rush was started because a little boy named Conrad Reed was playing in a creek called "Little Meadow Creek". He had called himself fishing when he had seen something really shiny in the water. He had somehow got it out but didn't know what it was. With that being said, he took it to his father and his father went and had it identified. It was identified that it was gold and was worth 3600 dollars. Soon the news spread around the county as quick as you could say the word "What". Afterwards everyone rushed to that area of North Carolina (around Cabarrus County) to find search for gold . And that is why they called it the GOLD RUSH of North Carolina. :)
What was the first US state to discover gold?
The first significant gold rush in the United States was in Cabarrus County, North Carolina (east of Charlotte), in 1799
How did they prepare their meals during the North Carolina gold rush?
they danced around the stove and sang a song while the food cooked
What is the history behind Charlotte North Carolina?
Charlotte, North Carolina, has an eclectic history. Settled in 1775, it was the site of the first US gold rush as well as a focus of the cotton industry before the Civil War.
What was Carolina gold?
i think it was about the gold rush (please correct me if I'm wrong)
Where did the american gold rush happen?
The first one was in North Carolina. The most famous one was in California. The most recent one is in Alaska.
What is important in North Carolina?
The Gold and the Native Americans are important to North Carolina.
Why was there never a gold rush before 1848?
The University of North Carolina at Charlotte's mascot is the Forty-Niners after the first officially known amount of gold was found in the United States in 1799 near Charlotte. This spurned the nation's first gold rush--before 1848.
When North Carolina was founded what were the economic characterist of North Carolina?
The main economic characterist of North Carolina was farming.The main crop was tobbaco. North Carolina supplied gold for the US goverment until 1830,When the gold was all mined out.
Was california the first gold rush?
No, but the first North American gold rush was in Georgia, 1828.
