Record #:

3349

Author(s):

Hodge, Alan

Abstract:

Discovery of gold near Eldorado in Montgomery County in the late 19th-century drew hundreds of speculators to the area. With 47,000 acres of Uwharrie Forest and 6,000 acres of water nearby, tourism is Eldorado's new gold rush.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 65 Issue 1, June 1997, p12-113, il

Subject(s):

Eldorado--Description and travel