Historical Marker
T. Gilbert Pearson
Historical marker location:
Greensboro, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Battleground Avenue and North Spring Street, on the right when traveling west on Battleground Avenue.)
Marker installed: 1975
1873-1943.
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.