Category: Video
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Sacred Ground & Hard Truths: Video Tour of Philadelphia Presbyterian Church
We are thrilled to share an extraordinary new video that celebrates one of the most historically significant institutions in our community: Philadelphia Presbyterian Church of Mint Hill. Produced by Frederick D. Murphy, founder of the History Before Us YouTube channel, “Sacred Ground & Hard Truths: A Tour of Philadelphia Presbyterian Church (Mint Hill, NC)” is…
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2026 Annual Meeting
This past Tuesday, February 24th, we held the annual meeting of the Mint Hill Historical Society. The meeting was recorded and is available on our YouTube channel. The video is 65 minutes long, but does NOT include the “table talk time” during our main presentation. Oral history audio excerpts and the slides from the evening’s…
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Gold Panning in Mint Hill
The Carolina Gold Rush was the first gold rush in the United States, and Mint Hill played an important role. In the Carl J. McEwen Historic Village, the Surface Hill Gold Assay Office is preserved along with a variety of equipment used in gold mining in Mint Hill and our area of North Carolina. At…
