Benjamin Forsyth

Historical marker location:

Germanton, North Carolina

( Marker is on State Highway 8 & 65, 0.2 miles south of South Friendship Road, on the left when traveling north.)

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.