You searched for City|State|Country: , va us
Showing results 1 to 10 of 20
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAT_turkey-cove_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
This valley was one of the most fertile and prosperous in the region during the Civil War. Turkey
Cove contained farms large and small, prosperous and failing, and men who weighed their
southern-facing economic interests with their
traditional …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAO_members-of-congress_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Three men who served in Congress were
born within a one-mile radius of this point
James B. Richmond (1842-1910) was a member
of the House of Representatives from 1879
to 1881 as a Democrat. Campbell Slemp (1839-1907), a Republican, was elected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAD_seminary-united-methodist-church_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
The Seminary United Methodist Church was
established in 1851 in Turkey Cove. Over
the years this structure has served as a church, a school
and a Masonic Lodge. Its first of board of trustees included W. N. G. Barron, James F
Jones, Henry C. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJX_pennington-gap_Pennington-Gap-VA.html
Pennington Gap is a mountain pass named for an early settler. The town came into existence with the extension of the Louisville and Nashville railroad, 1890. It was incorporated in 1891. Standing on a short-cut highway to eastern Kentucky, it is a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITN_daniel-boones-trail_Ewing-VA.html
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ITA_iron-furnace_Ewing-VA.html
From the early 1820s to the 1880s, and iron smelting business here took advantage of the rushing waters of Gap Creek. Today only the creek and part of the original 30-foot-high stone tower remain, a small part of an industrial complex of buildings…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISI_lee-county-tennessee_Ewing-VA.html
(side 1)
Lee County
Lee County, the western-most county in Virginia, was formed from Russell County in 1792; a part of Scott County was added later. The county is named for Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQY_iron-mike_Syria-VA.html
Between 1933 and 1942 more than 10,000 young men served in the Civilian Conservation Corps camps in Shenandoah National Park, These "boys" created the form and fabric of the new park so that future generations could find recreation and re-creation…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSU_doctor-stills-birthplace_Jonesville-VA.html
Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder for Osteopathic medicine was born here in a log cabin on August 6, 1828. The cabin now stands on the campus of Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville, Missouri, the first American scho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTSK_thompson-settlement-church_Jonesville-VA.html
This Baptist Church, a mile southeast, is the oldest church in Lee County. It was organized in 1800; the original site was on Powell's River, a short distance west. John Kinney was the first pastor. The church was removed to the present site in 1822.