Historical Marker
Barbara T. Meliski Park
Historical marker location:
Chimney Rock, North Carolina
( Marker can be reached from Main Street (Alternate U.S. 74).)
A Gathering Place.
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.