Cowpens Administrative History

¹ Gaffney Ledger, August 2, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Gaffney Ledger, August 11, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Massey, 93-94. Mike Loveless replaced Benjamin F. Moomaw as Kings Mountain superintendent in 1976.

² Linda Flint McClelland, Building the National Parks: Historic Landscape Design and Construction (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998), 478; Compilation of the Administrative Policies for the Historical Areas of the National Park System (Washington: National Park Service, 1968), 15-71.

³ Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, Cowpens National Battlefield (Denver: Denver Service Center, 1975), 1-46; Team Manager to Director, Southeast Region, February 2, 1972, Folder 37, Box 3, Series 1.6, KIMO.

⁴ Unit Manager to Superintendent, October 9, 1980, Reading Files, COWP; "From Lone Marker to 1 Million Visitors," Charlotte Observer, unknown date, 1-B, 2-B, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Regional Director, Southeast Region, to Associate Director, Administration, September 20, 1974, Folder 29, Box 3, Series 1.6, KIMO; Chief, Division of Land Acquisition, to Realty Specialist, August 22, 1974, Folder 27, Box 3, Series 1.6, KIMO; Land Acquisition Plan, Cowpens National Battlefield, October 12, 1979, Folder 2, Box 3, Series 1.6, KIMO; Massey, 93-95.

⁵ "From Lone Marker to 1 Million Visitors," Charlotte Observer, unknown date, 2-B, Newspaper Files, KIMO.

⁶ Boundary Survey for Daniel Morgan Water District, July 22, 1994, Daniel Morgan Water District Vertical File, COWP (hereafter DMWDVF); Complaint in Condemnation, Civil Action No. 75-0031, January 15, 1976, DMWDVF; Final Judgment, Civil Action No. 75-0031, November 22, 1976 DMWDVF; Cowpens National Battlefield Deed No. 115, DMWDVF; Legal Assistant, Southeast Region, to Chief, Division of Land Acquisition, Southeast Region, April 7, 1976, DMWDVF; E.W. Brooks to Joseph M. Jenkins, Jr., May 12, 1976, DMWDVF; Joseph M. Jenkins, Jr., to J.D. McCoy, August 23, 1976, DMWDVF; Willis P. Kritz to Regional Director, September 20, 1976, DMWDVF.

⁷ Land Acquisition Plan, Cowpens National Battlefield, October 12, 1979, Folder 2, Box 3, Series 1.6, KIMO; Massey, 99-100.

⁸ Massey, 96; Patricia Stanek, professional profile, April 19, 1982, Reading Files, COWP.

⁹ Gaffney Ledger, October 3, 1977, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Massey, 97.

¹⁰ "Cowpens Battlefield Park to be Completed by 1981," Chesnee Tribune, November 23, 1977, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Battlefield Facelifting Underway," The Gaffney Ledger, October 30, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Main Street," The Clover Herald, January 17, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "National Battleground at Cowpens Expanding," Spartanburg Herald-Journal, July 29, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Historic Cowpens Battlefield Construction Now Underway," unknown source and date, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Robert N. Oppegaard, Project Supervisor, to Champion Landscaping and Excavating, March 2, 1978, U.S. Monument Records, Cultural Resources Management Files, COWP; Gaffney Ledger, January 20, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Gale, 2-4.

¹¹ "Historic Cowpens Battlefield Construction Now Underway," unknown source and date, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Battlefield Center Bids Being Taken," Gaffney Ledger, August 31, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Gaffney Ledger, September 26, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Visitor's Center Groundbreaking," Gaffney Ledger, October 26, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Woman Wins Cowpens Battle," The Greenville News, October 30, 1979, 6-A, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Massey, 98.

¹² Spartanburg Herald, October 30, 1979, B-1, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Visitor's Center Groundbreaking," Gaffney Ledger, October 26, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Woman Wins Cowpens Battle," The Greenville News, October 30, 1979, 6-A, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Gaffney Ledger, October 31, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Vilhelm Kraukliss, Project Supervisor, to Christman and Parsons, Inc., October 10, 1980, Reading Files, COWP.

¹³ John W. Bright, Assistant Manager, to Regional Director, Southeast Region, May 16, 1980, Reading Files, COWP; Massey, 98-99.

¹⁴ Laws Relating to the National Park Service, Supplement III, 127-129.

¹⁵ "Cowpens Battlefield Park to be Completed by 1981," Chesnee Tribune, November 23, 1977, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Gaffney Ledger, March 10, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "Local Students Aid in Cowpens Project," Chesnee Tribune, August 9, 1978, Newspaper Files, KIMO; "National Battleground at Cowpens Expanding," Spartanburg Herald-Journal, July 29, 1979, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Robert E. Gentry, Project Manager, Summary of YCC Safety Management, October 2, 1979, Reading Files, COWP; Superintendent, Kings Mountain, to Association Regional Director, Park Operations, January 17, 1980, Reading Files, COWP; Superintendent, Kings Mountain, to Deputy Director, Operations, October 10, 1980, Reading Files, COWP; Pat Stanek, Unit Manager, to Superintendent, Kings Mountain, December 9, 1980, Reading Files, COWP.

¹⁶ Pat Stanek, Unit Manager, to Superintendent, Kings Mountain, December 9, 1980, Reading Files, COWP.

¹⁷ Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 4, 7; Barry Mackintosh, Interpretation in the National Park Service (Washington: National Park Service, 1986), 67-72.

¹⁸ Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 4, 7; Pat Stanek, professional profile, April 19, 1982, Reading Files, COWP.

¹⁹ "Historic Cowpens Battlefield Construction Now Underway," unknown source and date, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Mackintosh, Interpretation, 67-72.

²⁰ A Master Plan for Cowpens, 1-18, 37; Master Plan and Development Concept Plan, 4, 7; Mackintosh, Interpretation, 54-67; "Historic Cowpens Battlefield Construction Now Underway"; Cowpens National Battlefield, South Carolina, Interpretive Prospectus, June 12, 1973, 3-12, Cowpens Files, KIMO.

²¹ Bicentennial Schedule, Cowpens National Battlefield, souvenir program, Events Vertical File, COWP; Reading Files, COWP; "NPS Director Dickenson to Speak at Cowpens Dedication Ceremonies," NPS news release, December 31, 1980, Reading Files, COWP; "200^th Cowpens Battle Anniversary Jan. 17^th," Gaffney Ledger, December 5, 1980, Newspaper Files, KIMO; Harold P. Danz, compiler, Historic Listing of National Park Service Officials (Washington: National Park Service, 1991), 85; Massey, 100.