OVTA Wilkes -Surry: PHOTOS & MUSIC

The Wilkes/Surry Chapter of OverMountain Victory Trail Association (OVTA) is a National Parks Service designated Revolutionary War trail that follows the Yadkin River from Elkin, NC to Quaker Meadows near Lenoir, NC where it merges with the main OVTA trail which begins near Abingdon, VA.

In the fall of 1781 Americans, mostly from the mountains of TN, VA, and NC, created this trail when they marched toward Kings Mountain in pursuit of Loyalist leader Col. Patrick Ferguson. The British defeat there proved to be a decisive battle of the American Revolution. Men from Wilkes and Surry Counties played a part in the battle. Our non-profit organization supports and interprets the story of the eastern wing of this trail.

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