Bedford Brown

Historical marker location:

Yanceyville, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 158 and North Carolina Highway 150, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 158.)

Marker installed: 1936

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.