Historical Marker
Bascom Lamar Lunsford
Historical marker location:
Mars Hill, North Carolina
( Marker is on Cascade St.)
Marker installed: 1999
1882 - 1973.
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.