Granville Grant

Historical marker location:

Engelhard, North Carolina

( Marker is on U.S. 264 east of Golden Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1938

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.