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KINGS MOUNTAIN CTR
NATRC SACTIONED RIDE NOVEMBER 5, 6 & 7, 2010
TRAILS are rolling hills, single track & wide trails. All trails are marked
with white blazes on the trees. NOVICE & CP will ride 16 miles both days &
the OPEN will ride 25 each day. Trails are on Kings Mountain National & State
Military Park.
CAMPING will be primitive, tie to trailer or picket between trees in a wooded
area with cedar, pines, & hardwood trees. Potable water will be available
from spigots positioned around the camp. There will be outdoor toilets
available. The road leading to camp is paved except for the last
.2 of mile.
DIRECTIONS from I-85 you will take NC EXIT 2 going south on highway 216
following STATE PARK signs to KINGS MOUNTIAN & turn left into the EQUESTRIAN
CAMPING area for overnight parking. (The right is day riders only.)
Kings Mountain State & National Military Park sits on a small rocky spur of
the Blue Ridge that rises 150 above the surrounding area. This is the site
where the Battle of Kings Mountain was fought & won on October 7, 1780, in
less than an hour by about 900 mounted backwoodsmen from VA., NC, SC, GA &
what is now TN. This highly independent group of Patriot militiamen, led by
Col. William Campbell from VA. fought 1100 highly trained Loyalists led by
Scottsman Col. Patrick Ferguson who was the only Britt in the battle. The
rest of the fighters were American against American.
The battle of Kings Mountain is considered to be the turning point of the
Revolutionary War. With Ferguson’s defeat & death the British Cornwallis
retreated from Charlotte down into SC & ultimately to Yorktown where the
Americans achieved total victory.
These victorious Patriots were called Over Mountain Men, & the trails they
took from VA down through TN, NC & SC., terminating at Kings Mountain became
known as the Over Mountain Victory Trail.
As we ride these Park trails, we will think of & be grateful to these brave
Patriots whose rigorous march to this site, & whose gallant victory probably
preempted our being British subjects today.
For more information contact Mary K. Britt, P. O. Box 725, Hazelwood,NC 28738
or call 828-456-7554 email marywildfillie@aol.com .
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