[2] It rises in the northwestern portion of the state near the Blue Ridge Parkway's Thunder Hill Overlook.

Notably, these included Moravian colonists from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania who occupied the 100,000-acre Wachovia tract following its purchase in 1753 (See also Old Salem).

Realizing their forces were outnumbered, Tryon's men fell back to Salisbury, and were unable to join the governor until after the battle at Alamance was fought.

[citation needed] The Mitchell River was impacted in the 1980s by massive runoff of sediment from land clearing at the Olde Beau development.

There are many reservoirs created by damming the Yadkin and Pee Dee rivers within the bounds of North Carolina, and are listed from upstream to downstream: All but W. Kerr Scott generate hydroelectric power, and High Rock, Tuckertown, Badin, and Falls were managed by Alcoa under contract with the US Government, under oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

The contract with FERC expired in April 2008,[10] and was under review after the N.C. Division of Water Quality revoked their water-quality certificate that the company needs to continue operating its power-generating dams along the river.

The terms of the license will now apply to Cube Hydro Carolinas, which bought the hydroelectric power operations.