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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAT_turkey-cove_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
This valley was one of the most fertile and prosperous in the region during the Civil War. Turkey
Cove contained farms large and small, prosperous and failing, and men who weighed their
southern-facing economic interests with their
traditional …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAO_members-of-congress_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Three men who served in Congress were
born within a one-mile radius of this point
James B. Richmond (1842-1910) was a member
of the House of Representatives from 1879
to 1881 as a Democrat. Campbell Slemp (1839-1907), a Republican, was elected…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZAD_seminary-united-methodist-church_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
The Seminary United Methodist Church was
established in 1851 in Turkey Cove. Over
the years this structure has served as a church, a school
and a Masonic Lodge. Its first of board of trustees included W. N. G. Barron, James F
Jones, Henry C. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJU_big-stone-gap_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Big Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap takes its name from a large stone, visible
in a gap. Wagoners who followed Daniel Boone's trail
said: "It's a day's ride from the Big Stone Gap to
Cumberland Gap." Fiddlers, banjo players, and singers
cam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJT_big-stone-gap_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Big Stone Gap, originally known as Three Forks, received its carter February 28. 1888. A postoffice was established April 12, 1856. In the early nineties it became the center of iron and coal development. It was the home and workshop of John Fox, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJP_carl-martin_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Carl Martin was born in Big Stone Gap in April
1906. He grew up in Southwest Virginia and
moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1918. He performed
regionally on the guitar, mandolin, bass, and
violin at coal camps, dances, and in traveling
shows. In …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJF_origins-of-big-stone-gap_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
This was the site of the Gilley famly farm,
settled by John and Mary Barger Gilley about
1790. The family cemetery was located just
south at the end of Graveyard Alley. Named
Imboden after Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden when
it was laid out on p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PJ9_southwest-virginia-museum_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
This museum is located in a mansion built by
lawyer and industrialist Rufus Ayers, Virginia
attorney general in the 1880s.
Newman and her brother, C. Bascom Slemp, former U.S. Congressman and private secretary
to President Calvin Coolidge,
as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTTH_donelsons-indian-line_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
John Donelson's Line, surveyed after the Treaty of Lochaber with the Indians, 1770, crossed the road here. This line separated Indian territory from land open to settlement. Violations of the line by settlers contributed to Dunmore's War, 1774.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTP9_benges-gap_Big-Stone-Gap-VA.html
Beginning in 1774, Chief Benge led a part ofthe Shawnee from the Ohio River on raidsalong the frontier. Benge, who was part white and part Cherokee. frequently captured slaves and then resold them; he also seized white women and children who were …