Historical Marker
Lunsford Richardson
Historical marker location:
Greensboro, North Carolina
( Marker is on South Elm Street north of West Washington Street, on the right when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 2009
1854-1919.
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.