The Adventures of Ranger Cow!

Ranger Cow on Green River Road at Cowpens National Battlefield.

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Meet Ranger Cow! He is from Cowpens National Battlefield! He loves history and national parks! Read about his adventures below and guess where he will go next!

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Living historians hold Ranger Cow at the 243rd anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens.

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Ranger Cow recently visited his home park, Cowpens National Battlefield! He went during an event held for the 243rd anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens. The battle was a much-needed victory for the patriots on January 17, 1781. At the battle, a patriot general named Daniel Morgan led his army to defeat a strong British force. Park rangers tell this story throughout the year at the battlefield. Visit soon!

Ranger Cow stands on a "grasshopper" cannon at the 243rd Anniversary of the Battle of Cowpens.

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Next week, Ranger Cow will meet with rangers where an important battle occurred at a fort on the east coast of South Carolina. Can you guess where?

Ranger Cow stopped to look out at Charleston Harbor.

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This week Ranger Cow took a trip to Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park! On June 28, 1776, patriot troops defeated the British Navy for the first time. This was a big deal because the British Navy was the strongest navy in the world. At the time, the patriot fort was called Fort Sullivan, and it was made of palmetto logs and sand. As a result of its solid construction, British cannon fire did little damage to it. The victory stopped the British from taking Charlestown at the time. The fort was renamed Fort Moultrie for its commanding colonel William Moultrie.

Ranger Cow took a break and viewed a replica Revolutionary War cannon.

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Next week, Ranger Cow is visiting a trail used by patriots to the Battle of Kings Mountain. Guess the place of his next adventure!

Ranger Cow sits on a windowsill.

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This week Ranger Cow visited the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail! The trail is the path used by patriot militia to reach the Battle of Kings Mountain in 1780. The militia came from the Carolinas, Virginia, and eastern Tennessee. Today, the trail shows the landscape the militia lived and fought through. On his journey, Ranger Cow stopped at "Fort Defiance" in Lenoir, North Carolina. This 1792 wooden home was built by William Lenoir, a veteran from the trail and Battle of Kings Mountain. There's a lot of other interesting places to visit on the trail!

Next week, Ranger Cow is visiting the site of the first major patriot victory in the Southern Campaign. Guess where Ranger Cow will be next!

Ranger Cow stands at the US Monument at Kings Mountain National Military Park.

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This week Ranger Cow took a trip to Kings Mountain National Military Park! He talked with friendly park rangers who told him about the Battle of Kings Mountain. It was a very important battle in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

The Battle of Kings Mountain was on October 7, 1780. It was the turning point of the war in South Carolina. In about one hour of fighting, patriot militia defeated an entire loyalist force. After many patriot defeats, the victory gave people hope that the war could be won in South Carolina.

Ranger Cow stands facing the US Monument.

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Next week, we're almost 100 percent sure that Ranger Cow will be traveling to important outpost during the American Revolution. Guess the place of his next adventure!

Crotched cow stands on a cannon.

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This week Ranger Cow went to Ninety Six National Historic Site! Ninety Six was an outpost in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. The British used Ninety Six as a staging area for missions. This helped to get supplies to people in the backcountry of the southern colonies. It was one of many places used to protect British supply chains and troop movements closer to the coast. Continental forces led by Nathaneal Greene besieged Ninety Six. A siege is a military blockade of a structure or city in the hopes of capturing it. Greene's siege lasted 28 days. It was the longest field siege of the American Revolution, but Greene could not capture it and left.

Next week Ranger Cow wants "Moore" adventures in the American Revolution. Guess where he will be next week!

Ranger Cow stands on a cannon at Ninety Six National Historic Site.

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This week Ranger Cow visited Moores Creek National Battlefield! On February 27, 1776, the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge took place near Wilmington, North Carolina. It was an important patriot victory early in the war that ended royal authority in the colony forever. Ranger Cow visited during the battle’s 248th anniversary event held on February 25.

This was Ranger Cow’s last visit in this series but don’t be sad! You’ll see him again here and there throughout the year! In the future, we will make new series with him visiting other parks and important places.

Ranger Cow meets officers and crew from the USS Cowpens.

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To observe National Military Appreciation Month, Ranger Cow visited the U.S. Navy! He got to explore the ship and meet the team!

The USS Cowpens (CG-63) is named after the Battle of Cowpens. This American Revolutionary War battle took place in the backcountry of South Carolina on January 17, 1781.

Ranger Cow loved visiting Congaree National Park in South Carolina! He explored the Visitor Center and met the friendliest volunteers! Ranger Cow was astonished by the park's biodiversity. He learned it's the largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the southeastern United States!

Ranger Cow meets park rangers and a goat!

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Ranger Cow enjoyed his visit to Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site in Flat Rock, North Carolina! He met friendly volunteers, and park rangers, and even chatted up some goats! The goats send their love, by the way!

Carl Sandburg was a well-known writer in the 20th century. He wrote poetry, biography, children's stories, and more! Ranger Cow explored Sanburg's home, admired his books, walked the beautiful grounds, and took pictures with some cool vehicles! It was a very fun trip at a fantastic site!

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