“The name pays tribute to the 18th century Catawba Chief King Hagler and to the City of Kings Mountain, which will be home to the new casino resort. A Revolutionary War battle took place at Kings Mountain, with the Catawbas fighting alongside the colonists. set against a representation of Kings Mountain. The logo for the Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort features a silhouette of King Hagler. “Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort celebrates our rich history and hopeful future in our ancestral lands in North Carolina – where our people were established hundreds of years ago, as the names Catawba River, Catawba County and Catawba College suggest,” Chief Bill Harris said in a news release on Monday. During his leadership in the mid-1700s, he allied his nation with the American colonists who revolted against the British at the time of the Revolutionary War.
The Catawba Two Kings Casino Resort draws its name from Catawba Chief King Hagler. The Catawba Nation is reaching into history for its forthcoming, and still controversial, gaming facility on ancestral territory in North Carolina.
