Lindsay C. Warren

Historical marker location:

Washington, North Carolina

( Marker is on West Main Street, 0.1 miles west of Pierce Street, on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2003

1889-1976.

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.