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IMAGES: Section 7 of 17: Sites Along the Trail. A series of 6 color photographs show different portions of the Overmountain Victory Trail.
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IMAGES: Section 7 of 17: Sites Along the Trail.
A series of 6 color photographs show different portions of the Overmountain Victory Trail.
IMAGE 1 of 6: Sycamore Shoals. DESCRIPTION: A color photograph. A wide gravel path divides the image up the middle as it follows the trail through a heavily forested area, the paths edges filled with yellow and brown fallen leaves. The trees leaves are bright green, with a few branches starting to show the color change of autumn. Most of the scene is heavily shaded by the large trees on either side of the trail, but a few areas of sunlight peak through and cast shadows upon the gravel. Two people, a man and woman, are walking the trail beside each other towards the viewer, wearing recreations of 18th century clothing. The man on the right is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, a dark colored vest, and dark pants that cover his legs until just below his knees, showing his tight stockings that cover his lower legs. He is using a walking stick in his right hand. The woman on the left is wearing a bright white cloth cap covering her hair, and the brightness of her white apron contrasts the faded darker colors of her jacket and skirt she is wearing beneath the apron. CAPTION:Sycamore Shoals. CREDIT:NPS.
IMAGE 2 of 6: Cowpens. DESCRIPTION: This is a color photograph. A tan road of dirt and gravel makes a curve away from the viewer as it moves through a sunny grassy field to the left. A scattering of trees cast their shadows to their left across the field and road. They are a mixture of tall pine trees with green healthy needles, and deciduous trees who have yet to sprout new leaves in the spring. There is a noticeable lack of brush and smaller trees, with only the large trees and bright green grass filling the image. CAPTION:Cowpens. CREDIT:NPS.
IMAGE 3 of 6: Elkin Trail. DESCRIPTION: This color photograph is a close up of one of the trail markers placed along hiking portions of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Set in a lush grassy area, the marker is a square brown metal post topped with a slanted square metal panel. On the panel is blazed the trail's emblem: it is a white triangle with its sides bowed out. Within the border of the triangle is the text "Overmountain Victory" around the top, and "National Historic Trail" along the bottom. Within the triangle is a silhouette of a man carrying a long rifle down by his side, holding it with both hands, as if preparing to move into a battle. He is wearing a wide brimmed hat. The thin outline of a mountain skyline jaggedly works its way across the background behind him, and the year "1780" is printed to the right of him. A small portion of a dirt trail can be seen behind the trail marker. CAPTION: Elkin Trail. CREDIT:NPS.
IMAGE 4 of 6: Quaker Meadows. DESCRIPTION: The focus of this color photograph is a large old brick house. The faded bricks are accented by a wooden porch with a handrail built onto the front of the house painted a crisp white. There are two front doors evenly spaced across the front of the house, both flanked by a window to the outside edge, and all painted the same crisp white as the porch. The second floor of the home has four windows evenly spaced across, with small-paned windows, the frames all painted the same crisp white as the first floor wooden features. Obscuring part of the house is a towering large tree growing in the front yard, its lower limbs blocking half of the house's second floor and the roof, and the upper portion of the tree extending out of frame. On the side of the house is visible the attached large brick chimney, obscured by the branches of the same large tree as it nears the edge of the roof. Back to the right side of the house is part of an additional outbuilding extending out of the image. It is made of the same bricks as the main house, and has the same white paint on a shuttered window and small half-door. CAPTION: Quaker Meadows. CREDIT:NPS.
IMAGE 5 of 6: Abingdon Muster Grounds. DESCRIPTION: This image is a color photograph of a grassy meadow, bright green in the sunlight. Bisecting the field from left to right is a small stream, with taller rough grass growing along its banks. The far side of the pasture is bordered by a tall treeline, casting shadows into the bright open space. In the foreground of the picture and running around the left side of the pasture is a fence made of stacked rails, zig-zagging its way along the field's edge and dividing it from a gravel driving path. Within the fence, located in the pasture, is a large boulder sitting by itself. On the far left side of the photo can be seen some parts of shadowy structures, their roof eaves just edging into view, and a large tree growing along the zig-zagging fence. CAPTION: Abingdon Muster Grounds. CREDIT:NPS.
IMAGE 6 of 6: OVTA Annual March at Sycamore Shoals. DESCRIPTION: This color photograph is focused on twelve people standing in a line knee-deep in a river, which fills two thirds of the image. The people are wearing 18th-century style clothing, with long puffy sleeves and wide brimmed hats, with cloth and leather bags hanging from their shoulders. They are carrying long rifles, aiming together up into the air to the left, with clouds of white smoke pouring out of the barrels showing they have just fired. The various colors of their clothing and the white clouds of smoke from their rifles is reflected in the rippling water around them. The far river bank behind them is wooded with tall trees, with leaves starting to turn colors in the autumn. CAPTION:O V T A Annual March at Sycamore Shoals. CREDIT:NPS.
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IMAGES: Section 7 of 17: Sites Along the Trail. A series of 6 color photographs show different portions of the Overmountain Victory Trail.
IMAGE 1 of 6: Sycamore Shoals. DESCRIPTION: A color photograph. A wide gravel path divides the image up the middle as it follows the trail through a heavily forested area, the paths edges filled with yellow and brown fallen leaves. The trees leaves are bright green, with a few branches starting to show the color change of autumn. Most of the scene is heavily shaded by the large trees on either side of the trail, but a few areas of sunlight peak through and cast shadows upon the gravel. Two people, a man and woman, are walking the trail beside each other towards the viewer, wearing recreations of 18th century clothing. The man on the right is wearing a white long-sleeved shirt, a dark colored vest, and dark pants that cover his legs until just below his knees, showing his tight stockings that cover his lower legs. He is using a walking stick in his right hand. The woman on the left is wearing a bright white cloth cap covering her hair, and the brightness of her white apron contrasts the faded darker colors of her jacket and skirt she is wearing beneath the apron. CAPTION:Sycamore Shoals. CREDIT:NPS. IMAGE 2 of 6: Cowpens. DESCRIPTION: This is a color photograph. A tan road of dirt and gravel makes a curve away from the viewer as it moves through a sunny grassy field to the left. A scattering of trees cast their shadows to their left across the field and road. They are a mixture of tall pine trees with green healthy needles, and deciduous trees who have yet to sprout new leaves in the spring. There is a noticeable lack of brush and smaller trees, with only the large trees and bright green grass filling the image. CAPTION:Cowpens. CREDIT:NPS. IMAGE 3 of 6: Elkin Trail. DESCRIPTION: This color photograph is a close up of one of the trail markers placed along hiking portions of the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail. Set in a lush grassy area, the marker is a square brown metal post topped with a slanted square metal panel. On the panel is blazed the trail's emblem: it is a white triangle with its sides bowed out. Within the border of the triangle is the text "Overmountain Victory" around the top, and "National Historic Trail" along the bottom. Within the triangle is a silhouette of a man carrying a long rifle down by his side, holding it with both hands, as if preparing to move into a battle. He is wearing a wide brimmed hat. The thin outline of a mountain skyline jaggedly works its way across the background behind him, and the year "1780" is printed to the right of him. A small portion of a dirt trail can be seen behind the trail marker. CAPTION: Elkin Trail. CREDIT:NPS. IMAGE 4 of 6: Quaker Meadows. DESCRIPTION: The focus of this color photograph is a large old brick house. The faded bricks are accented by a wooden porch with a handrail built onto the front of the house painted a crisp white. There are two front doors evenly spaced across the front of the house, both flanked by a window to the outside edge, and all painted the same crisp white as the porch. The second floor of the home has four windows evenly spaced across, with small-paned windows, the frames all painted the same crisp white as the first floor wooden features. Obscuring part of the house is a towering large tree growing in the front yard, its lower limbs blocking half of the house's second floor and the roof, and the upper portion of the tree extending out of frame. On the side of the house is visible the attached large brick chimney, obscured by the branches of the same large tree as it nears the edge of the roof. Back to the right side of the house is part of an additional outbuilding extending out of the image. It is made of the same bricks as the main house, and has the same white paint on a shuttered window and small half-door. CAPTION: Quaker Meadows. CREDIT:NPS. IMAGE 5 of 6: Abingdon Muster Grounds. DESCRIPTION: This image is a color photograph of a grassy meadow, bright green in the sunlight. Bisecting the field from left to right is a small stream, with taller rough grass growing along its banks. The far side of the pasture is bordered by a tall treeline, casting shadows into the bright open space. In the foreground of the picture and running around the left side of the pasture is a fence made of stacked rails, zig-zagging its way along the field's edge and dividing it from a gravel driving path. Within the fence, located in the pasture, is a large boulder sitting by itself. On the far left side of the photo can be seen some parts of shadowy structures, their roof eaves just edging into view, and a large tree growing along the zig-zagging fence. CAPTION: Abingdon Muster Grounds. CREDIT:NPS. IMAGE 6 of 6: OVTA Annual March at Sycamore Shoals. DESCRIPTION: This color photograph is focused on twelve people standing in a line knee-deep in a river, which fills two thirds of the image. The people are wearing 18th-century style clothing, with long puffy sleeves and wide brimmed hats, with cloth and leather bags hanging from their shoulders. They are carrying long rifles, aiming together up into the air to the left, with clouds of white smoke pouring out of the barrels showing they have just fired. The various colors of their clothing and the white clouds of smoke from their rifles is reflected in the rippling water around them. The far river bank behind them is wooded with tall trees, with leaves starting to turn colors in the autumn. CAPTION:O V T A Annual March at Sycamore Shoals. CREDIT: NPS.
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