John H. Wheeler

Historical marker location:

Murfreesboro, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (Business U.S. 158) and North Fourth Street, on the right when traveling west on East Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1948

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.