Record #:

7451

Author(s):

Horan, Jack

Abstract:

In 1874, residents in the vicinity of Bald Mountain in Rutherford County reported feeling the ground shake, hearing loud booms, and seeing smoke and vapors coming from the mountain. Word spread, and soon newspaper correspondents from Raleigh to New York were arriving to see the volcano. Horan recounts the story of North Carolina's 19th-century “volcano.”

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 73 Issue 6, Nov 2005, p25-26, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Volcanoes--Rutherford County