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N 34° 10.508' W 082° 01.394' |
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Ninety Six, South Carolina 29666 United States Near By Caches
Hidden On: 30 Dec 2006
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This is part of the South Carolina Historical Marker series.
To get credit for the find, take a picture of yourself at the marker and post it. Marker Text: S C 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 |
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