Martin's Surrender

Historical marker location:

Waynesville, North Carolina

( Marker is on Main Street (U.S. 23) near Gruder Street, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1941

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.