B. Everett Jordan

Historical marker location:

Saxapahaw, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 87 and Church Road, on the left when traveling south on State Highway 87.)

Marker installed: 1976

1896 - 1974.

North Carolina was the site of the first gold rush in the United States, in the early 1800s. The town of Charlotte was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.