In March 1769 Joseph Martin led a party of men to the Powell Valley, and attempted to establish a settlement nearby. By that fall they abandoned the site after conflicting with Native Americans. Martin returned here with a party of men in early 17…
A short distance north is the Ely Mound, thebest-preserved Indian mound in Virginia. Itdates to the Late Woodland-MississippianPeriod (AD 1200-1650), during which morecomplex societies and practices evolved,including chiefdoms and religious ceremo…