Ninety Six NHS

Walking trail in Spring.

Ninety Six National Historic Site: Where Nature and History Stand Together

The National Park Service “purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”  THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE ORGANIC ACT 1916

“I wish to speak a word for Nature, for absolute freedom and wildness…in wildness is the preservation of the world.” Henry David Thoreau, Walking, 1862

British Lord Cornwallis wrote to Lieutenant Colonel Francis Rawdon “You know the importance of Ninety Six, let that place be your constant care…” February 4, 1781

Lord Cornwallis wrote to Lieutenant Colonel John Harris Cruger “keeping possession of the backcountry is to up most importance, indeed the Success of the War in the Southern District depends totally upon it…” August 5, 1780

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