George Washington

Historical marker location:

Corapeake, North Carolina

( Marker is on Highway 32 N (State Highway 32) south of Folly Road (County Road 1002), on the left when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1939

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.