The Stanley Creek community; named for a gold prospector; began in the mid-1700s as one of the earliest settlements in Gaston County. Gold was mined in the area until the California Gold Rush. Among the prominent people visiting the area was Andr� Michaux; botanist and adventurer; who discovered the tree he named Magnolia macrophylla. In 1860; the Wilmington; Charlotte Rutherford Railroad came through the area on land owned by the Brevard family. Brevard�s train depot was the primary rallying point for soldiers leaving for the Civil War and for sending supplies to troops. Around the end of the 1890s; Stanley Creek Cotton Mills was organized; beginning the textile era; which continued until 2000. Two Stanley men patented a dyeing machine; and Gaston County Dyeing Machine Company was born. Many of Stanley�s men went to fight in the nation�s wars; some losing their lives. Several athletes went on to major-league baseball; and a nationally recognized sculptor lived in Stanley.
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