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No need to go the end of the rainbow in search of that elusive pot of gold. According to the natives of the Chimney Rock area, who relate the more than two century-old story with all sincerity, the proverbial pot of gold lies mysteriously hidden on Round Top, the mountain which lies opposite Chimney Rock and forms one side of Hickory Nut Gap. The ancient legend is said to based on actual facts.
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No list of pioneer manufacturers in North Carolina would be complete without including the name of Edwin M. Holt, founder of a great textile industry. With the water power of the Great Alamance Creek, Holt began his modest textile mill with help from Chief Justice Thomas Ruffin. From this small beginning sprang a textile empire which extended until it embraced hundreds of thousands of spindles and thousands of looms, giving employment to thousands in the Piedmont.
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