Historical Marker

Rutherfordton

Historical marker location:
Rutherfordton, North Carolina
( Marker is on N Main Street (U.S. 221) when traveling north.)

“ . . . did it no good”. 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.
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