Warren Winslow

Historical marker location:

Fayetteville, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of Grove Street (State Highway 24/210) and Cool Spring Street, on the left when traveling west on Grove Street.)

Marker installed: 1986

1810 - 1862.

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.