David M. Williams

Historical marker location:

9771 Dunn Road, Godwin, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Dunn Road (U.S. 301) and Main Street (North Carolina Highway 82), on the left when traveling north on Dunn Road.)

Marker installed: 2001

1900-1975.

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.