OLD NINETY SIX
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gpsblake
N 34° 10.508 W 082° 01.394
17S E 405699 N 3782047
Historical marker at the visitor's center in the town of Ninety Six. The national park is 2 miles south of here which has the foundation remains of the old town of Ninety Six.
Waymark Code: WM10Q3
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/04/2006
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Text on marker
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OLD NINETY SIX
(2 miles south)
Even before 1730 the fork in the Cherokee Path, 96 miles south of Koewee, was called Ninety Six. Here a trading post was operated, a fort was built and a courthouse town was established. Here the first land battle of the Revolutionary War in the South was fought, Nov. 19-20, 1775; and here Gen. Nathanael Greene besieged the British in Star Fort, May 22-June 20, 1781.
Erected by Ninety Six Chamber of Commerence 1959
Marker Name: OLD NINETY SIX
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Historic Site
Marker number: SCHM 24-3
County: Greenwood
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