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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OS2_houstons-fort_Nickelsville-VA.html
The first known settler of European descent in Scott County, Thomas McCullough, moved here in 1769 and lived on Big Moccasin Creek until about 1771. Houston's Fort, built by William Houston and other settlers about 1774 stood near McCullough'…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV51_the-natural-tunnel-route_Duffield-VA.html
Railroads, like water, tend to follow the path of least resistance. Early railroad engineers saw Natural Tunnel as a logical path through the mountains to the growing rail systems of the Midwest. The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad began layi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTWD_carters-fort_Duffield-VA.html
Three miles east in Rye Cove stood Carter's Fort, built by Thomas Carter in 1784. It was a station on the Old Wilderness Road from North Carolina to Kentucky.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4R_natural-tunnel-railroading-and-recreation_Duffield-VA.html
As early as 1852, railroaders, local merchants, and mineral speculators knew Natural Tunnel would be the most economical rail route to the coal fields of Lee County and the western part of present day Wise County, because the Tunnel would let them…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4P_the-copper-creek-railroad-trestles_Duffield-VA.html
The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway built the taller of the two structures which stand before you in 1908. At 167 feet over the Copper Creek-Clinch River junction, the Copper Creek Viaduct was then one of the tallest railroad bridges in the e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO4K_the-wilderness-road-crossing-of-the-clinch-river_Duffield-VA.html
In 1775 Daniel Boone and a group of axmen, following a Native American trade route, blazed a trail from the Anderson Blockhouse to a site on the Kentucky River. This trail, later to become the Wilderness Road, traversed 200 miles of wilderness and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO48_speers-ferry_Duffield-VA.html
(Right Side):Speers Ferry Historically the Clinch River served as a major avenue for settlement and opened up the area of southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Among other settlers, Daniel Boone lived along the banks of this river and to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1C_first-court-of-scott-county_Weber-City-VA.html
This monumentmarks the spot wherethe first court ofScott County was heldFebruary 14, 1815.Erected tocommemorate the onehundredth anniversary ofScott County, Virginia1815 - 1915.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1B_mcconnells-birthplace_Weber-City-VA.html
Eight and one-half miles northwest was born John Preston McConnell, noted educator. He taught in Milligan College, the University of Virginia and Emory and Henry College. He was president of the Radford State Teachers College, 1913-1937. Dr. McCon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO1A_first-court-of-scott-county_Weber-City-VA.html
The monument in the field to the west marks the site of Benjamin T. Hollins's home, in which was held the first court of this county, February 14, 1815.
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