Okay, anyone live near King's Mountain or been there? My husband said just the two of us are going to take a week's vacation and I can pick the spot. Would this be a good place to go? Another question, in doing early NC research, where is the best library with the best collection? By the way - talking about Jamestown, etc. I was stationed near that area for three years while in the Navy and it was wonderful. Williamsburg is something everyone should see, as well as all the rest of the sites in that area. You could spend 3 weeks there and not see everything. And I understand it is even better today than when I was there. Also all the beautiful old mansions like Carter's Grove. Fredericksburg was one of my favorite places - maybe cause there was REv War and Civil War stuff. Yorktown back then was not so much, but I loved it anyway. Being in a place and seeing what our ancestors saw, the lay of the land, nothing beats it. Mary >From: [email protected] > ><< I have just begun to read about the Battle of King's Mountain......and this > is a great story. I never heard of it until I got into searching for my > family. This was a great battle - and it begins to look to me it had an > effect on why Cornwallis surrendered - plus a little thing like being > surrounded from the land by Washington and from the sea by the French fleet, > and his own fleet taking off. .... Okay, there were several factors, but it > sure seems King's Mountain has to be considered. >> > >King's Mountain is a pretty place, and I don't remember learning about it in >history class either. In fact, there is also a place not too far from there >in South Carolina called Cowpen's. Both of these places I learned about >through travel. They are both right off I-85. > >