Historical Marker
Harboring Change
Historical marker location:
38 Irvin Garish Highway, Ocracoke, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Pilottown Circle and Irvin Garish Highway (State Highway 12), on the left when traveling north on Pilottown Circle.)
Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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.