Historical Markers in Macon County, North Carolina
André Michaux
Battle of Echoe
Cherokee Defeat
Cherokee Victory
Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory
De Soto
Dixie Hall
Elizabeth Wright Prince House
Gem Mining
Macon County Confederate Memorial
Mary Lapham
Moccasin War
Nikwasi
Nikwasi Mound
Pottery Clay
Samuel T. Kelsey
Silas McDowell
The Appalachian & Bartram Trails
The Episcopal Church of the Incarnation
The John B. Byrne Memorial Tower
The North Carolina Bartram Trail
The Old Edwards Inn
Thomas Harbison
Thomas's Legion
Wayah Bald
William Bartram
William Bartram Naturalist
Wilson Lick Ranger Station
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.