Gen. W. D. Pender

Historical marker location:

Wilson, North Carolina

( Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 42 and Town Creek Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 42.)

Marker installed: 1959

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.