What to see in America . The French Broad River in Western North Carolina determining the height of the peak. He is buried at thesummit. Near Asheville is the famous estate of Biltmore,with its 130,000 acres of grounds and its mansion which cost$4,000,000. About thirty miles west of Charlotte near the South Caro-lina line was fought the famous Battle of Kings Mountainin the autumn of 1780. Major Ferguson, with a Britishforce of 1200, was raiding the back country, and theregathered to oppose him a motley crowd of Indian fightersand hunters, farmers and mountain rangers, wearing sprigs ofhemlock
What to see in America . The French Broad River in Western North Carolina determining the height of the peak. He is buried at thesummit. Near Asheville is the famous estate of Biltmore,with its 130,000 acres of grounds and its mansion which cost$4,000,000. About thirty miles west of Charlotte near the South Caro-lina line was fought the famous Battle of Kings Mountainin the autumn of 1780. Major Ferguson, with a Britishforce of 1200, was raiding the back country, and theregathered to oppose him a motley crowd of Indian fightersand hunters, farmers and mountain rangers, wearing sprigs ofhemlock in their hats, and every man a dead shot with hisgun. When the Major heard of the approach of the dirtymongrels, as he called them, he posted his army on anisolated hill, which he named Kings Mountain, and declared 168 What to See in America that all the rebels out of hell could not drive him from only slightly outnumbered the British, yet they per-. sistently pressed up the hill on every side. At length, whenfour hundred and fifty-six of the defenders, including their North Carolina 169 commander, lay dead, the rest surrendered. Only twenty-eight Americans were slain. After the battle, the victorshied away to their crude civilization beyond the was their only service in the war, but it turned the tideat a dark moment in favor of America. The people of the state are called Tar-heels, a sobriquetgiven during the Civil War because so many soldiers camefrom the pineries with tar on their footwear.
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