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historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-6206c_the-block-house_Gate-City-VA.html
The starting point of the road through the wilderness to Kentucky, and the station where travelers used to wait until parties collected large enough to defend themselves against Indians on the journey.
Built about 1777 by Captain John Anderson,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLY_flanary-archaeological-site_Dungannon-VA.html
Prehistoric hunters and gatherers traveled this land more than 10,000 years ago and later Native Americans settled here about A.D. 800. From evidence recovered by the Archaeological Society of Virginia in 1977, it appears that Indians camped at th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PLX_patrick-porter_Dungannon-VA.html
Patrick Porter was among the early pioneer
settlers in present Scott County. Nearby on
Fall Creek is the site of Porter's Mill, built
by Porter in 1774, the earliest licensed mill
on waters of the Clinch River. Porter is also
credited with th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKS_dungannon-depot_Dungannon-VA.html
The Clinchfield Railroad (1902-1983) which runs 277 miles from Spartansburg, SC to Elkhorn City, KY was built originally to haul coal and timber from the mountains
to the markets. The first
passenger train stopped in Dungannon, Virginia in 1909…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKD_gate-city_Gate-City-VA.html
The town was laid off in 1815 as the county seat of Scott County. The original name of Winfield, for General Winfield Scott, was changed to Estillville for Judge Benjamin Estill. In 1886, the name was changed to Gate City because of its situation …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PKB_kilgore-fort-house_Nickelsville-VA.html
The Kilgore Fort House was built in 1786 by
Robert Kilgore whose family were early settlers
in this area. It was one of the twelve forts
between Castlewood. and Cumberland Gap
providing ready refuge for settlers from Indian
attacks in the lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PK7_patrick-hagan-and-dungannon_Dungannon-VA.html
Patrick Hagan (1828-1917) emigrated from
Dungannon, Ireland, about 1844 and joined
his uncle, Joseph Hagan, in Scott County. He
read law, was admitted to the bar,
and became
one of the state's foremost land lawyers. Hagan
amassed large holdi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PK0_carters-fort_Duffield-VA.html
Near here stood a fort first known as Crissman's
Fort, and later as Carter's or Rye Cove Fort,
and by militia officers as Fort Lee.
Built by
Isaac Crissman, Sr. in 1774, it was acquired by
Thomas Carter
(1731 1803) after Crissman's
death at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJZ_faris-ferris-station_Gate-City-VA.html
About two miles east of Moccasin Gap,
Elisha
Faris (Ferris) in 1787 obtained l16 acres on
both sides of the Moccasin Creek. He and his
family settled in the area about 1782 and
their home became a stop on the Wilderness
Road. On 26 Aug. 1791…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSC_blackmores-fort_Gate-City-VA.html
Blackmore's Fort stood to the northeast on
the Clinch River near the mouth of Stony
Creek. John Blackmore and others likely
constructed the fort by 1774. It served as a
defensive fortification for settlers of European
descent on the frontier.…