Historical Marker
North Carolina Press Association
Historical marker location:
Goldsboro, North Carolina
( Marker is on East Walnut Street near South William Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Marker installed: 1973
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.