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1799 - Discovery of Gold

Twelve-year-old Conrad Reed finds a large, glittery rock in a stream 25 miles northeast of Charlotte. His father, John, asks a silversmith to identify the 17-pound stone, but no one knows what it is. The Reed family uses the pretty rock for a doorstop. It will be more than two years before anyone realizes what it contains: gold!

Exhibit & Section: 
History Timeline [1]
Nation: America 1782-1819 [2]
Main Image: 
Finding Gold
Node Order: 
180
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Event Date Field: 
Tuesday, January 1, 1799
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