Historical Marker
City Jail
Historical marker location:
142 S Jacob St, Cherryville, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from South Jacob Street south of East Main Street (North Carolina Highway 279), on the left when traveling south.)
The Cherokee Indians originally inhabited much of western North Carolina before being forcibly removed by the federal government in the 1800s. Today, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians still maintains a reservation in the western part of the state.