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THE GOOD WALK
UPCOUNTRY SOUTH CAROLINA
Kings Mountain National
Military Park's Easy Loop
The pervasive presence of information on this part of the American
Revolution makes the distance seem even shorter.
By LEONARD M. ADKINS
n the ever-present quest to collect visitor stamps in
her National Parks Passport book, Laurie detoured
us off 1-85 for a walk in Kings Mountain National
Military Park in UpCountry South Carolina. After a
stop at the visitor center to watch the introductory
film and orient ourselves to the layout of the park,
we ascended along the 1.5-mile loop trail to the top
of the mountain.
I was intrigued by the rubbery material that the park
service had used to pave the pathway and said to myself,
" Interesting; not only is it sort of spongy, but it also adds
a bit of a spring to your step! " However, we were here
to enjoy the sights and add a bit of knowledge to our
understanding of American history, so I put thoughts of
the pavement aside for the moment.
I
After English forces captured Charleston, South Carolina,
in May 1780, British General Cornwallis dispatched
Major Patrick Ferguson westward to recruit colonists in
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the piedmont region who were still loyal to, and who
would fight for, the British cause. The hope was that this
force could make it across the Appalachian Mountains
to quell Patriot uprisings there and to recruit additional
Loyalists.
Angered that Ferguson threatened to " lay waste to their
country, " settlers west of the mountains-known as the
Overmountain Men-marched eastward, defeating the
Loyalists at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7,
1780. It was such a great victory for the Patriots, not only
in military terms but in the way it boosted the morale of
those fighting to break away from British rule, that Thomas
Jefferson called it, " the turn of the tide of success. "
It's a 200-foot gain in elevation to the top of the
mountain, but we stopped so many times to read the
multiple interpretive plaques explaining aspects of the
battle, as well as the many markers and monuments
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