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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PNZ_history-of-saltville-valley_Saltville-VA.html
The Saltville Valley contains fossils of large mammals that lived in North America about 13,000 years ago (during Pleistocene times). Fossils discovered here show that this valley has provided a rich environment for thousands of years. Many life f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PMS_saltville_Saltville-VA.html
Saltville is named for the vast salt deposits
that exist under this valley. The commercial
salt industry began developing here in the
1780s. During the Civil War, Saltville played
a vital role in providing salt for the Confederacy, On 2 Oct. 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PMM_frances-dickenson-scott-johnson_Saltville-VA.html
Near this site is the grave of Frances Dickenson
Scott Johnson (died 1796), sister of Henry
Dickenson who was the first clerk of Russell
County. In 1785, while living in Powell's Valley
in Scott County, her first husband, Archibald
Scott, and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM163U_battle-at-cedar-branch_Saltville-VA.html
You are standing on the Confederate battle line that stretched for more than two miles along the bluffs on this side of the North Fork of the Holston River. The Cedar Branch Creek flows into the Holston River near the ford on the North Road to Sal…