David L. Swain

Historical marker location:

Asheville, North Carolina

( Marker is on Merrimon Avenue (U.S. 25) near Beaverdam Road (North Carolina Highway 2230).)

Marker installed: 1938

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.