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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM249K_big-crab-orchard-or-wittens-fort_Tazewell-VA.html
The text of the historical marker reads:
BIG CRAB ORCHARD OR WITTEN'S FORT
"On the hillside to the south stood Big Crab Orchard Fort, also known as Witten's Fort. Thomas Witten obtained land here in 1771 and built the fort as a neighborhood pl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22W5_tazewell-county-va-west-virginia_Bluefield-VA.html
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Tazewell County Va.
Area 531 Square Miles
Formed in 1799 from Russell and Wythe, and named for Henry Tazewell, United States Senator, 1794-1799. Beautiful Burk's Garden is in this county.
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West Virginia
West Virginia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZEA_bluefield-virginia_Bluefield-VA.html
The place was first known as "Pin Hook." In 1883 the New River branch of the N. & W. Railroad was completed here and the first coal shipped from the Pocahontas mines. The town of Graham was incorporated in 1884 and named for Thomas Graha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZD9_town-of-pocahontas-commercial-district_Bluefield-VA.html
The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
first developed a town at Pocahontas in 1881-82
to house its workers and support its mining
efforts. The commercial district lay along Centre
and St. Clair Streets. The 1884 Company Store,
the first …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZD0_pocahontas-mine-no-1_Pocahontas-VA.html
The Southwest Virginia Improvement Company
opened Pocahontas Mine No. 1, the first to
exploit the rich seams of the Pocahontas Coalfield,
in 1882. An extension of the Norfolk and Western
Railway soon followed, bringing industrial development t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCT_moore-family_Bluefield-VA.html
Black Wolf and a group of Shawnee Indians
attacked militia captain James Moore's nearby
home on 14 July 1786 during a campaign to deter
white settlement of the Ohio Valley region
after the American Revolution. They killed
Moore, children Alex…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCS_captain-james-moore-monument_Bluefield-VA.html
Erected to the memory of Captain James Moore, a soldier of the Revolution, having commanded a company at Cowpens, Guilford Court House, and Kings Mountain; killed by Indians July 14th, 1786.
To Martha Poague Moore and Jane Moore, wife and daugh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCK_richlands_Richlands-VA.html
This fertile region was known as Richlands from an early period. In 1782 and later Richlands was a militia station for frontier defense. The town was laid off in 1890, with the coming of the Norfolk and Western Railroad, and was incorporated in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZCF_maiden-springs-fort_Pounding-Mill-VA.html
On the hillside to the west stood Maiden Springs Fort, also known as Reese Bowen's fort. It was garrisoned in Dunmore's War, 1774. Reese Bowen, the founder, fought at Point Pleasant, 1774,and was killed at King's Mountain, 1780.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PCP_indian-settler-conflicts_Tazewell-VA.html
During Dunmore's war (1774) and the
Revolutionary War
(1775-1783) conflicts
between Indians and colonists often intensified
as European powers encouraged Indians from
the Ohio region to attack frontier settlers.
Tensions also sometimes incre…