Historical Marker
North Carolina Railroad
Historical marker location:
Goldsboro, North Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Ash Street (U.S. 70) and Center Street, on the right when traveling west on Ash Street.)
Marker installed: 1940
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.