F. M. Simmons

Historical marker location:

New Bern, North Carolina

( Marker is on East Front Street just south of New Street.)

Marker installed: 1989

1854 - 1940.

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.