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SETTLEMENT OF THE CAROLINA BACKCOUNTRY-"96"
Posted by: Betty Wadford Date: November 21, 2001 at 14:48:42
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BILL,

I JUST RAN ACROSS SOME INTERESTING FACTS PRETAINING TO THE SETTLEMENT OF "NINTY-SIX."

http://www.cr.nps.gov//seaac/arch-96.htm

THE NAME OF 96 CAME FROM AN ESTIMATE THAT THE SITE LAY NINETY -SIX MILES DOWN THE CHEROKEE PATH FROM KEOWEE, A MAJOR INDIAN TOWN IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/seac/arch-96.htm

IT IS NOW A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, SOUTHEAST ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER, NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

JACK TELLS ME HIS FAMILY WAS FROM THERE, CALLISON, AND GREENWOOD. I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO PULL UP WADFORD'S IN THE CEMETERY....NO LUCK SO FAR IN "NINTY-SIX".

I DREAMED OF THE ARCHAELOGICAL DIGGING IN MY SLEEP LAST NIGHT AND NEVER HEARD OF ANY OF THIS BEFORE. I JUST TYPED IT IN THE COMPUTER AND THERE WERE PICTURES OF THE MEN DIGGING JUST LIKE I DREAMED....SCARY ISN'T IT?

"NINTY-SIX MILES DOWN THE CHEROKEE PATH"

SOUNDS LIKE A SONG.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING ALL OF YOU WADFORDS!

BETTY AND JACK


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