Park Revisit- 96 National Historical Site

Date of visit: Wednesday, April 3, 2012

Just outside of the town of 96, South Carolina

Walk Where Battles Were Fought and Heroes Were Forged

Here settlers struggled against the harsh backcountry to survive. Cherokee Indians hunted and fought to keep their land, two towns and a trading post were formed and abandoned to the elements. Two Revolutionary War battles that claimed over 100 lives took place at this location.

Since this site is only about 15 miles or so from Greenwood, and I hadn't been there since 2010, I decided to run over and see if anything was new.  I did get to see the excellent movie, which I hadn't seen before, which ran about 20 minutes and has Trace Atkins as the narrator- 

There was no new pin, nor did they have a walking stick medallion-  so no purchases were made. 

I did pay more attention to the layout after watching the movie, and it was interesting to learn that the traces of the original roads are still in place from the late 1700's.  This was in the heart of Cherokee Indian land, then it became a key battle point for the Southern Campaign in the Revolutionary War. 

The walking tour takes about an hour or so, and you can still see the outline of the berms of the original "Star Fort".  There are also a couple of reconstructed buildings of the era- 

Wonder how long it will be before they tear down this perfectly good sign and put up a new uniform one like the ones I have seen being put into place around at the parks.......

Addendum visit:  May 25, 2012

Based on the Data Base, there was in fact a 25th anniversary stamp located here, even though I had asked about it on the April visit, and today, I went back, and sure enough, it was there!  Score.