Historic Clay County Courthouse

Historical marker location:

25 Herbert St, Hayesville, North Carolina

( Marker is on Herbert Street east of Main Street (Business U.S. 64), on the left when traveling east.)

Beal Center.

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.