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.
North Carolina was the site of the first gold rush in the United States, in the early 1800s. The town of Charlotte was named after Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the wife of King George III of England.