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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D8W_wytheville-training-school_Wytheville-VA.html
By 1867, the Freedmen's Bureau began educating African Americans recently freed from enslavement in Wytheville and soon a building was constructed for the students. In 1882, the Evansham School District and the Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ACI_tolands-raid_Wytheville-VA.html
Col. John T. Toland of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry leading Federal cavalrymen, marched from Tazewell County, and raided Wytheville during the evening of 18 July 1863. Confederate troops under Maj. Thomas M. Bowyer and local c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19U4_homesteaders-legacy_Wytheville-VA.html
Can you see the old homestead of Buck and Ollie Astin in the clearing ahead? Even though the house and foundation are gone, there are still signs that reveal people's presence in the forest. Living Clues to the PastHere you will find pears, app…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19U1_battle-of-wytheville_Wytheville-VA.html
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs, and salt and lead mines essentia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TY_battle-of-wytheville_Wytheville-VA.html
On July 13, 1863, Union Col. John T. Toland led 872 officers and men of the 34th Regiment Mounted Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Camp Piatt, West Virginia, into Southwest Virginia to attack the railroads, telegraphs and salt and lead mines essential…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU72_boone-trail-highway-memorial_Wytheville-VA.html
Near his site, and with the sponsorship of Wythevillecivic organizations, J. Hampton Rich, Director of theBoone 'Fran Highway & Memorial Association,erected the original monument in 1928. It was one ofmany placed across the nation to memorialize t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU6W_wytheville_Wytheville-VA.html
When Wythe County was formed, this place became the county seat under the name of Evansham. It was incorporated in 1839 as Wytheville. The old Wilderness Road to Cumberland Gap passed here. It July, 1863, Toland's Raiders captured the town. In May…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU6V_edith-bolling-wilson_Wytheville-VA.html
Edith Bolling Wilson was born here on 15 Oct.1872, where she lived with her parents JudgeWilliam H. and Sallie White Bolling and tensiblings. Edith Bolling married Norman Galt in1896 and after his death in 1908 she operatedhis Washington, D.C., je…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU6T_robert-enoch-withers_Wytheville-VA.html
Robert Enoch Withers was born in CampbellCounty on 18 Sept. 1821. After graduationfrom the medical department at the Universityof Virginia in 1841, he practiced medicinein Campbell County and Danville until 1861.During the Civil War Withers achiev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMU69_walter-crockett_Wytheville-VA.html
Walter Crockett was born in the 1730s. By 1760, he had joined the Augusta County militia. Rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel, he subsequently served in the militias of Botentourt, Fincastle, and then Montgomery Counties, beginning in 1769. H…
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