Hickory Nut Gorge

Historical marker location:

Chimney Rock, North Carolina

( Marker is on East Main Street (U.S. 74).)

From Raiders to Pursuers. Stoneman's Raid.

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.