Historical Marker
Johnstons Headquarters
Historical marker location:
Bentonville, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Bentonville Road (County Route 1197) and Westbrook Lowgrounds Road (County Route 1189), on the right when traveling north on Bentonville Road.)
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.