Cultural Landscape Report: Kings Mountain National Military Park

Vincent, Susan

Thomas Jefferson called it "The turn of the tide of success." The battle of Kings Mountain, fought October 7th, 1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary War. The battle was the first major patriot victory to occur after the British invasion of Charleston, SC in May 1780. The park preserves the site of this important battle. This cultural landscape report (CLR) analyzes and provides treatment recommendations for Kings Mountain National Military Park (the Park, the Military Park), South Carolina, to preserve and interpret the Kings Mountain Battleground resources (1780) In addition, the report addresses: a) the integrity of historical resources associated with the Battle of Kings Mountain (1780), the commemorative period following the battle (1780 to 1931), and the NPS Park Development Era (1933 to 1941); b) the integration of use and management of historical resources to support the goals of the Park’s interpretive program; c) the treatment recommendations for individual historic landscape features (vegetation, monuments, roads, etc ), and; d) the overall treatment for the historic landscape that accommodates non-historic resources (visitor center, parking areas, access roads, etc.) necessary to manage a site open to the public. The report does not include an analysis of the Howser or Norman-Morris farmsteads. These properties are discussed in this report only in reference to post-battle land use changes in the Kings Mountain area. Additional studies to determine the significance and integrity of these landscapes is recommended

Cultural Landscape Report: Kings Mountain National Military Park

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