East Meets West

Historical marker location:

194 Gilliam McConnell Rd, Carthage, North Carolina

( Memorial is on Gilliam McConnell Road, 0.2 miles west of Dowd Road, on the right when traveling west.)

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.