Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail News

The National Park Service has proposed to establish a new Headquarters and Visitor's Center for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail, a 330-mile long non-motorized route for public use that traverses portions of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina.

The town council for Granite Falls is set to begin its duties now that the mayor and council members have taken their oaths of office.

The National Park Service doesn't expect to name a site for the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail's headquarters and visitor's center until 2011, but the process to select a location is already under way.

Local historian Albert Dale stands in front of the MACA building dressed as Col.

Cowpens visitors get drill instruction during the Backcountry Holiday at the Robert Scruggs House.

This month, the Overmountain Victory Trail Association will hold its 35th annual re-enactment of the Overmountain Men's campaign and the Battle of King's Mountain, where an important victory was won in the cause for American independence.

Sites recently added to the National Register of Historic Places include: * Idlewild Presbyterian Church - George Awsumb was a well-known architect in Memphis, Shelby County, and one of his best examples of ecclesiastical Gothic Revival design in the city is Idlewild Presbyterian Church.