Cabarrus Black Boys Fountain, Concord

Nine young men from the Rocky River community had learned the British were sending a shipment of gunpowder from Charleston, South Carolina to Hillsboro, North Carolina to aid in quelling the Regulator Movement that had small farmers protesting the corruption of sheriffs and court officials appointed by the Royal Governor. The men blackened their faces and dressed as Indians to disguise themselves. They intercepted three wagons hauling the gunpowder and were able to blow up the shipment. Their efforts were a day late as the Regulator Movement had been crushed a day early on May 16 at the Battle of Alamance. The Regulator War and Battle of Alamance are considered by many to be the opening salvo of the Revolutionary War.