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A plentiful water source was essential for the colonial residents of Ninety Six and for both Patriot and Loyalist troops garrisoned here during the Revolutionary War. The water surely flowed more freely in colonial times. During the sweltering mon…
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Robert Gouedy established a trading post on this site in 1753. He supplied cloth, tools, gunpowder, lead, and rum to the soldiers, Indians, slaves, and settlers who passed through Ninety Six on the way to or from Charleston and the Cherokee villag…
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The Gouedy trail is a 1.5-mile nature path that takes you through the woods and into a lesser known for historically significant part of the park. This route passes the presumed location of Robert Gouedy's trading post, established in 1751, and th…
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The quiet field before you was the site of the once-thriving 1700s town of Ninety Six. In 1781 it had about a dozen homes, a courthouse, and a jail. When Lieutenant Colonel Cruger arrived in 1780, he fortified it against attack. One visitor observ…
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Having established the third parallel and dug a mine, the Patriot troops were exhausted. Promised reinforcements from the Virginia militia failed to arrive. A frustrated Greene wrote to Congress: "...our poor Fellows are worne out with fatigue, be…
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"Our success is very doubtful."General Nathanael GreeneMay 23, 1781
General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks — a system of trenches — that would allow his men to approach and capture …
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"Our success is very doubtful."General Nathanael GreeneMay 23, 1781
General Greene entrusted Colonel Thaddeus Kosciuszko with the task of creating siegeworks — a system of trenches — that would allow his men to approach and capture …
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Once dense forest, this area was gradually cleared by people. Fire, storms, and the introduction of non-native plants and animal species also contributed to changing the landscape. If you lived here in the 1700s, you would have seen these woods gi…
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The National RegisterMount PisgahA.M.E. Church
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The National RegisterMagnolia Cemetery