Bøger af Richard F. Knapp

The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County. This book traces the history of gold mining in North Carolina from that discovery to the twentieth century. The authors present case histories of John Reed and his mine and of the Gold Hill mining district in Rowan County, along with material on other gold mining activity in the state.

This biography of Charlotte Hawkins Brown tells how she arrived in Guilford County in 1901, black, single and 18 years old, to begin a job as a teacher at a small school for African Americans and how, when the school was closed, she founded the Palmer Memorial Institute for African Americans.