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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVK_norfolk-and-western-caboose_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
One in a class of 200 built by International Railway Car Company, Kenton, Ohio between December, 1968 andFebruary, 1970. The "P" denotes pool service and meant the caboose could travel any portion of the N & W System.
Before air brakes, the ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CVI_franklin-county_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Franklin County. Welcome to Franklin County, the eastern gateway to The Crooked Road, a journey through Southwest Virginia's musical heritage that winds through the Appalachian Mountains for 265 miles. Franklin County has always been a cultural cr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18VA_first-franklin-county-court_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Here at the house and ordinary of Col. James Callaway, proprietor of the Washington Iron Works, the first Franklin County court met to organize the new county on Monday, Jan. 2, 1976. The iron works had been established here by 1773 by Col. John D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18V9_washington-iron-works_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Here stands the furnace and ironmaster's house of the Washington Iron Works, Franklin County's first industry. Originally established in 1773 by Col. John Donelson, father-in-law of President Andrew Jackson, the iron plantation was acquired in 177…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18UE_rocky-mount_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
This place was established as the county seat when Franklin County was formed. The first court was held in March, 1786. The first (log) courthouse was replaced in 1831. In 1836 the town consisted of 30 dwellings and a number of business houses. Ge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XZ_ferrum-college_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Ten miles southwest is Ferrum, named for iron mines nearby. Ferrum College was established by the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church in 1913 through the influence of its Woman's Society of Christian Service. It became a junior college exc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XX_carolina-road_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Here through the Maggoty Gap, the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to Georgia, known locally as the Carolina Road, passes through the Blue Ridge. Originating as the Great Warrior Path of the Iroquois centuries before, the path was frequently use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XW_fort-blackwater_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Near here stood a stockade erected by Capt. Nathaniel Terry and garrisoned by men under his command. Washington made "Terry's Fort" a link in his chain of forts and inspected it in the fall of 1756.