Wm. T. Dortch

Historical marker location:

262 East Ash Street, Goldsboro, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of East Ash Street (U.S. 70) and North William Street, on the right when traveling east on East Ash Street.)

Marker installed: 1949

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.