Historical Marker
First Post Road
Historical marker location:
Corapeake, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Highway 32 N (State Highway 32) and Corapeake Road, in the median on Highway 32 N.)
Marker installed: 1942
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.