"The Overmountain Victory Trail Association was formed in 1975 to gain recognition for the route the Overmountain Men followed to the Battle of Kings Mountain.  On September 25, 1780, over 1,000 men "mustered" at the Sycamore Shoals of the Watauga River in current day Elizabethton, TN.  From there they crossed the high mountains and dropped into the Piedmont of North Carolina pursuing Major Patrick Ferguson and his Tory army.

   They finally caught them on the afternoon of October 7 atop Kings Mountain in South Carolina.  When the battle ended, every Tory soldier had been killed or captured.  The battle has come to be known as the turning point of the Revolutionary War.

   In 1980, President Carter recognized the historical significance of the Campaign to Kings Mountain by signing a law designating the route the Overmountain Victory National Historic Trail - the first trail of its type in the eastern United State."

EVERY YEAR PARTICIPANTS IN AUTHENTIC PERIOD DRESS, CARRYING EQUIPMENT TRUE TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR TIME PERIOD, RETRACE THE STEP OF THE OVERMOUNTAIN MEN. 

THEY CAMP IN THE SAME CAMPSITES AS THE ORIGINAL PATRIOT MILITIA AND REENACT THE HISTORICAL EVENTS FROM THE ORIGINAL CAMPAIGN.

THEY GIVE HISTORICAL SKETCHES AND DEMONSTRATIONS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN AND COMMUNITY GROUPS ALONG THE WAY.