Stoneman's Raid

Historical marker location:

Morganton, North Carolina

( Marker is on Lenoir Road (State Highway 16) 0.2 miles north of Sanford Drive (County Route 64), in the median.)

Marker installed: 2005

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.