Palisade Fort

Historical marker location:

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

( Marker is on Bethabara Rd., on the left when traveling north.)

1756-1763. (Reconstructed).

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.