CCCL # 14 Traditional Geocache
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Cabarrus County is a county located in the south-central part of North Carolina.
The county was settled mainly by Germans on the Eastern side and the Scotch-Irish in the Western area of the county. There was a need to choose a location for the county seat to develop facilities for county government but the Germans and Scotch-Irish each wanted the county seat to be in an area close to their populations and was unable to come to an agreement. Stephen Cabarrus wrote to the citizens pleading with them to come together in peace to choose a location for their county seat. A central area of the county was chosen in 1796 and aptly named Concord, a derivative of two French words "with" and "peace." Representative Paul Barringer introduced a bill into state legislature to incorporate Concord and this bill passed on December 17, 1806. The town of Concord was begun on land owned by Samuel Huie and wife Jane Morrison Huie.
The first substantiated gold find in America was in 1799 by young Conrad Reed while playing in Little Meadow Creek in southeastern Cabarrus County located on the Reed farm. According to research, Conrad's find was approximately the size of a shoe and weighed 17 pounds. John Reed, father of Conrad, took the nugget into Concord to a silversmith who informed Reed that the rock did not have any value and the elder Reed took the rock home where it stayed for three years until a trip in 1802 to Fayetteville where Reed sold the nugget to a jeweler for $3.50. Over time news traveled back to John Reed that the jeweler sold the nugget for several thousand dollars and Reed traveled back to Fayetteville to ensure he was more fairly compensated; this spurred the beginning of gold mining in the area
Cabarrus County is situated in the gently rolling countryside of the Carolina Piedmont. There are no significantly high peaks or points, although the eastern half of the county contains the westernmost foothills of the Uwharrie Mountains. Altitude ranges from approximately 500–800 feet above sea level. No large or navigable rivers flow through the county; the nearest navigable waterway is the Yadkin River in nearby Rowan County. Land slope is generally toward the southeast. The longest waterway within the county is Rocky River, which rises in Iredell County and empties into the Pee Dee below Norwood in Stanly County. Weather is temperate with hot summers and mild to chilly winters. Severe weather occurs occasionally, with thunderstorms in the warmer months of the year and ice storms and snowfalls occurring on occasion in winter. From zero to three accumulating snowfalls may be expected in an average winter. Snow generally melts between accumulating snowfalls, and there is no consistent snowpack. An average of four inches (102 mm) of snow and 46 inches (1,200 mm) of rain falls each year. At summer solstice, the length of day is approximately 14 hours and 33 minutes, with visible light lasting 15 hours and 32 minutes.
Self-branded as the Center of American Motorsports, Cabarrus County is rich in NASCAR history. The western part of the county is home to a large racing complex which hosts three events a year. In 1992 this facility installed a 1.7 million, 1,200 permanent lighting systems to become the first modern superspeedway to host night racing. The nearby Dirt Track built in 2000 is a .4 miles, state of the art clay oval with a seating capacity of 14000, hosts several major events each year.
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