Historical Marker
James Y. Joyner
Historical marker location:
La Grange, North Carolina
( Marker is on South Caswell Street (State Highway 903) near East Washington Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1970
1862-1954.
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.