Historical Marker
André Michaux
Historical marker location:
1001 North Green Street, Morganton, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of North Green Street (State Highway 181) and Bost Road, on the left when traveling north on North Green Street.)
Marker installed: 2011
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.