Federal Artillery

Historical marker location:

8262 Burnett Rd, Dunn, NC 28334, Dunn, North Carolina

( Marker is on Burnett Road (State Highway 82) ¾ mile north of Overcreek Lane, on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1961

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.