In the footsteps of Patriots
Trail toward America's independence passes through Polk County Despite all my love for American period dramas like The Patriot —think of the costum...
Trail toward America's independence passes through Polk County Despite all my love for American period dramas like The Patriot —think of the costumes, the sweeping panoramas of idyllic farms, the intrigue of being in the middle of history unfolding! —I wouldn't have lasted five minutes as a woman in the hardscrabble, somewhat anarchic mountains of Western North Carolina during the Revolutionary War years. It is worth it, however, some 242 years after the Battle of Kings Mountain which occurred about midway through the Revolution in October 1780, to take a couple hours to walk the trail that the 'Overmountain Men' took through Polk County on their way to decisively rout the Loyalist militia led by Major Ferguson.