Kate's Mountain
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Kate's Mountain, south of White Sulphur Springs
in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
, was named for Catherine "Kate" Carpenter
, who in September 1756 took refuge with her child on the mountain's peak during an Indian attack in which her husband Nicholas Carpenter was killed near Fort Dinwiddie (also known as Byrd's Fort and Warwick's Fort) in the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
. Kate's Mountain is the highest of the peaks in Greenbrier State Forest
at 3,280 feet. Kate's Mountain was the inspiration for the 19th Century romantic poem The Mystic Circle of Kate's Mountain, first published in fragmentary form in 1860 and published in its entirety in 1895. Kate's Mountain is the type location for Kate’s Mountain Clover, Trifolium virginicum J.K. Small, 1892, the symbol of the West Virginia Native Plant Society.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2010 census.-Geography:White Sulphur Springs is located at ....
in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Greenbrier County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 34,453 people, 14,571 households, and 9,922 families residing in the county. The population density was 34 people per square mile . There were 17,644 housing units at an average density of 17 per square mile...
, was named for Catherine "Kate" Carpenter
Catherine "Kate" Carpenter
Catherine "Kate" Carpenter, born probably ca. 1730s, died 1784, was a frontier wife and mother for whom Kate's Mountain in Greenbrier County, West Virginia is named....
, who in September 1756 took refuge with her child on the mountain's peak during an Indian attack in which her husband Nicholas Carpenter was killed near Fort Dinwiddie (also known as Byrd's Fort and Warwick's Fort) in the vicinity of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,444 at the 2010 census.-Geography:White Sulphur Springs is located at ....
. Kate's Mountain is the highest of the peaks in Greenbrier State Forest
Greenbrier State Forest
Greenbrier State Forest is a state forest between Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, USA. Greenbrier State Forest is located on Harts Run, a tributary of Howard Creek, and contains historic Kate's Mountain .Greenbrier State Forest features of hiking trails,...
at 3,280 feet. Kate's Mountain was the inspiration for the 19th Century romantic poem The Mystic Circle of Kate's Mountain, first published in fragmentary form in 1860 and published in its entirety in 1895. Kate's Mountain is the type location for Kate’s Mountain Clover, Trifolium virginicum J.K. Small, 1892, the symbol of the West Virginia Native Plant Society.