NC Gazetteer
Granite Falls
Also known as: Baird's Forge, Falls of Gunpowder
A
waterfall
in
Caldwell County
… a 35-ft. waterfall in Gunpowder Creek, SE Caldwell County. Known first as Falls of Gunpowder. Baird's Forge or Baird Iron Works est. there, 1795, by Maj. Andrew Baird.