| Virginia (Tazewell County), Bluefield — X 31 — Bluefield College | | | Bluefield College was chartered in May 1920 as “an institution of learning for the instruction of boys and young men in the various branches of science, literature, philosophy, and the liberal and useful arts.” With strong support from the Baptist General Association of Virginia and citizens of the area, it opened as a junior college with three buildings in 1922. Women attended as day students from 1922; the school became fully coeducational in 1951. Bluefield College was accredited . . . — Map (db m1824) | | Virginia (Tazewell County), Pocahontas — XP 5 — Abb’s Valley | | | Five miles southwest is Abb’s Valley, discovered by Absalom Looney. James Moore and Robert Poage were the first settlers, about 1770. In July, 1786, Shawnee Indians raided the valley, killing or carrying into captivity the Moore family. Mary (Polly) Moore, Martha Evans and James Moore (captured earlier) finally returned. They are known as “The Captives of Abb’s Valley.”
— Map (db m1859) | | Virginia (Tazewell County), Pocahontas — XP 4 — Pocahontas | | | This region was visited by the explorer, Dr. Thomas Walker, in 1750. Following a report by Captain I. A. Welch in 1873, the first coal mine was opened here in 1882. Shipment of coal followed in 1883, when the Norfolk and Western Railroad reached this point from Radford. First known as “Powell’s Bottom,” the town was incorporated in 1884 and named for the Indian princess Pocahontas.
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