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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…
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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/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…