Historical Marker
Bushy Fork School
Historical marker location:
7921 Burlington Rd, Hurdle Mills, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Burlington Road (State Highway 49) and Carr Clayton Road, on the right when traveling west on Burlington 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.