Historical Marker
Gates County Courthouse
Historical marker location:
Gatesville, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Church Street and Court Street (North Carolina Highway 137), on the left when traveling south on Church Street.)
Civil War Muster Ground.
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.