Hoke Smith

Historical marker location:

Newton, North Carolina

( Marker is on South College Avenue, 0.1 miles north of East Herman Street, on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1942

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.