Fort Ocracoke

Historical marker location:

Ocracoke, North Carolina

( Memorial can be reached from Pilottown Circle north of Irvin Garrish Hwy (State Highway 12), on the right when traveling north.)

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.