Little Meadow Creek

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Little Meadow Creek is a historically significant stream in North Carolina known as the site of the first documented gold discovery in the United States.

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Little Meadow Creek canonical 1

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Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf stream ⓘ
watercourse ⓘ
associatedWithPerson Conrad Reed ⓘ
John Reed ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
discoveryOccurredAt Reed farm ⓘ
flowsThrough Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site ⓘ
goldDiscoveryCentury 18th century ⓘ
goldDiscoveryType placer gold ⓘ
goldDiscoveryYear 1799 ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature alluvial deposits ⓘ
gold-bearing sediments ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Midland, North Carolina ⓘ
hasRecreation guided mine tours nearby ⓘ
historical interpretation ⓘ
historicalSignificance birthplace of the North Carolina gold rush ⓘ
early American gold mining history ⓘ
knownFor first documented gold discovery in the United States ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
listedAs National Historic Landmark component (Reed Gold Mine) ⓘ
locatedIn Cabarrus County, North Carolina ⓘ
linked to: Cabarrus County

North Carolina ⓘ
locatedOnPropertyOf Reed Gold Mine ⓘ
managedBy North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources ⓘ
partOf Reed Gold Mine ⓘ
region Piedmont region of North Carolina ⓘ
stateHistoricSite Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site ⓘ
subjectOf North Carolina gold rush histories ⓘ
United States mining history studies ⓘ
tourism heritage tourism destination ⓘ
site of educational tours ⓘ
tributaryOf Rocky River ⓘ
waterbodyType freshwater stream ⓘ

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Reed Gold Mine State Historic Site → locatedOn → Little Meadow Creek ⓘ