America’s first gold rush was in this state.
- Georgia
- North Carolina
- New York
- South Carolina
North Carolina. In 1799 John Reed found a 17-lb. gold nugget near Concorde, NC which he used as a door stop until 1802 when a jeweler identified it as gold. A slave found another nugget twice that size nearby. These finds set off America’s first major gold rush.
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