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According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 17, 2019, 10:10 PM
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the California gold rush.
So what does that have to do with North Carolina ?
Do they even think through these mascot choices ?
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 17, 2019, 10:15 PM
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https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/california-gold-rush
Took my family away from our Carolina home Had dreams about the west and started to roam Six long months on a dust covered trail They say heaven's at the end But so far it's been hell And there's fire on the mountain Lightening in the air Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there We were digging and shifting from five to five Selling everything we found just to stay alive Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars Sinning was the big thin Lord And Satan was the star And there's fire on the mountain Lightening in the air Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there Dance hall girls were the evening treat Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street Men were shot down for the sake of fun Or just to hear the noise of their 44 guns And there's fire on the mountain Lightening in the air Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there Now my widow, she weeps by my grave Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame All for a useless and no good worthless claim And there's fire on the mountain Lightening in the air Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there Fire on the mountain Lightening in the air Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there Waiting for me there
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Is this a poem about Five Points in Cootlumbia ?***
Sep 17, 2019, 10:18 PM
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Re: Is this a poem about Five Points in Cootlumbia ?***
Sep 18, 2019, 12:34 AM
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“Fire on the Mountain” ... Marshall Tucker Band
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Re: Is this a poem about Five Points in Cootlumbia ?***
Sep 18, 2019, 6:50 AM
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Fire on the Mountain is Charlie Daniels
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It's the name of a Charlie Daniels Album.
Sep 18, 2019, 9:33 AM
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I'm sure CDB played it, but it isn't theirs.
The lyrics posted are Marshall Tucker Band.
The Grateful Dead also have a totally different song called Fire on the Mountain.
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it’s because NC almost shut school down in 1949
Sep 17, 2019, 10:17 PM
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Also I do believe Charlotte area had a large gold reserve in early 1800’s this the Miner being Mascot.
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Re: it’s because NC almost shut school down in 1949
Sep 17, 2019, 10:27 PM
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This, North of Charlotte there are towns where you can still pan for gold. It’s there, just not plentiful
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I'm partial to the Highway 49 tradition
Sep 17, 2019, 10:23 PM
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The nickname "49ers" derives from the fact that the university's predecessor—Charlotte Center of the University of North Carolina (CCUNC – established in 1946) was saved from being shut down by the state in 1949 by Bonnie Cone, when the Charlotte Center became Charlotte College. Due to this "49er spirit" that Cone felt embodied the university, referring to the settlers that endured much hardships in traveling across the United States to seek fortune in the California Gold Rush, students of the fledgling UNC Charlotte chose "49ers" as the school's mascot. The fact that the University's Main Campus front entrance is located on North Carolina Highway 49 is pure coincidence.
Prior to the "49ers" moniker, the athletic teams were known as the "Owls" due to CCUNC's beginnings as a night school.
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 17, 2019, 10:27 PM
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In 1849, before the California gold rush, there was a gold rush in N.C. just outside of Charlotte. Google "Reids Gold Mine".
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Letterman [296]
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 17, 2019, 10:27 PM
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Reed Gold mine
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Re: Pshaw 49ers. Top THIS
Sep 18, 2019, 9:12 AM
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The Macon Whoopie minor league hockey team.
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Well Clem, I’m gonna say that didn’t go well, now
Sep 17, 2019, 10:31 PM
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did it?
lol
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Re: Well Clem, I’m gonna say that didn’t go well, now
Sep 17, 2019, 10:42 PM
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Aww, well when you put it like that I feel bad. Wasn’t trying to talk down on the post just pointing out some lost knowledge of our southern heritage
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 17, 2019, 10:54 PM
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I always thought it was because it was off interstate 49...
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I'm thinking 49er to just niner...
Sep 17, 2019, 11:15 PM
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...for the miners.
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 18, 2019, 5:13 AM
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As far as I know, there have never been tigers in South Carolina. So?
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Re: According to Wikipedia, a 49er is a miner that took part in
Sep 18, 2019, 6:48 AM
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The one and only thing I know about UNCC is they had a great Model UN team back in the day (1990's). I'm still surprised they have a football team.
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Gold Hill NC is a very small town about 30 miles NE of
Sep 18, 2019, 8:01 AM
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Charlotte supposedly an area where gold was found long long long ago. I believe this is fact.
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Re: Gold Hill NC is a very small town about 30 miles NE of
Sep 18, 2019, 9:27 AM
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The largest active gold mine east of the Mississippi currently operates just south of Charlotte.
https://www.hailegoldmine.com/about/
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