NC Gazetteer

Mount Bolus

Also known as: Gander Mountain
A mountain in Orange County
… hill in SE Orange County near Bolin Creek ½ mi. N of Chapel Hill. An extinct volcano. Said to have been named by university students after "Old Diabolus" (devil), their nickname for Joseph Caldwell, president of the university, 1796-1835. Appears as Gander Mountain in local records as late as 1792.