What is the history of Ninety Six, South Carolina?

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Ninety Six was established in the early 1700s. It derived its name from the mistaken belief that it was 96 miles to the nearest Cherokee settlement of Keowee (Cherokee town)Keowee. The National Park Service operates the Ninety Six National Historic Site at the site of the original settlement. Ninety Six figured prominently in the Anglo-Cherokee War and also in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. The first land battle of the Revolution south of New England was fought here in 1775, and in 1780, the British fortified the strategically important frontier town. From May 22 to June 18, 1781 Major General Nathanael Greene, with 1,000 patriot troops, staged the longest (yet unsuccessful) siege of the Revolutionary War against the 550 American Loyalists who were defending Ninety Six. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Six%2C_South_Carolina

Ninety Six was established in the early 1700s. It derived its name from the mistaken belief that it was 96 miles to the nearest Cherokee settlement of Keowee (Cherokee town)Keowee. The National Park Service operates the Ninety Six National Historic Site at the site of the original settlement. Ninety Six figured prominently in the Anglo-Cherokee War and also in the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution. The first land battle of the Revolution south of New England was fought here in 1775, and in 1780, the British fortified the strategically important frontier town. From May 22 to June 18, 1781 Major General Nathanael Greene, with 1,000 patriot troops, staged the longest (yet unsuccessful) siege of the Revolutionary War against the 550 American Loyalists who were defending Ninety Six. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety_Six%2C_South_Carolina

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