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The first gold discovered in the United States was not in California, but North Carolina. Samuel Martin, who was born in Connecticut, was returning from South America where he had worked in the mining industry. Stopping to get a shoe repaired in Burke County, he noticed that the mud chinking of his host's cabin was very much like the best gold-bearing gravel of South America. Word soon leaked that gold had been discovered on the banks of Brindle Creek, and for the next year, Burke County was the site of our country's first gold boom. It is estimated that $60,000,000 worth of gold at current values was mined in the Appalachian area between 1828 and 1848, much of it minted by Christian Bechtler in Rutherford County.
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2.Early Aviation Meet Thrilled Thousands by Hall, Lewis Phillip The State Vol. 36 Issue 22, Apr 1969
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In January of 1911, Mr. Frank Herbst of the Curtis Exhibition Company announced that a grand aviation meet would be held in Wilmington on March 8th, 9th, and 10th. Aviation was still in its infancy; consequently, only a handful of people in the state had ever seen an airplane fly. The event was held on the grounds of the Wilmington Drivers Association, two miles east of the city. Lincoln Beachy and J. A. D. McCurdy, two of the most prominent fliers of the day, both participated in the event.
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After one year as a student at Trinity College, Naaman Hardison returned to Pamlico County and acquired a country store in the village of Arapahoe, gradually expanding into the sale of fertilizer and cotton ginning. Hardison also purchased land on the banks of the Neuse River, making improvements with the addition of several small buildings and christening the area Minnesott Beach. As seasonal and recreational traffic to Minnesott Beach increased, Hardison sought, and won, assistance from the State Conservation and Development Board in the form of beach reinforcing jetties that were placed at strategic points along the Neuse River, aimed at reducing erosion during hurricanes and intense storms. Hardison's descendants have carried on his legacy, recently developing 500 acres of riverside land with improvements that include a golf course, tennis courts, a swimming pool, a boat harbor, and residential home sites.
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