Historical Marker
Willis Howard "Willis" Slane
Historical marker location:
101 S Wrenn St, High Point, North Carolina
( Marker is on South Wrenn Street just south of East High Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)
April 21, 1921 - September 8, 1965. A High Point Hero.
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.