Radford, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Mary Draper Ingles Monument
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 22, 2022
1. Mary Draper Ingles Monument
born at Philadelphia, 1732,
died at Ingles Ferry, VA, 1815
The first white bride married west of the Allegheny Mountains. Captured by the Indians 1755 at Draper's Meadows now Blacksburg, Virginia, and carried to Ohio; escaping from her captors she made her way home, in winter, alone, some eight hundred miles through a trackless wilderness, guided only by the streams and subsisting on nuts and roots for forty days.
No greater exhibition of female heroism, courage and endurance are recorded in the annals of frontier history.
To commemorate her noble character and wonderful heroism this monument is erected of the stones from the chimney of the cabin in which she lived and died after her return from captivity by her descendants.
Erected by Descendants.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Heroes • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Women. A significant historical year for this entry is 1755.
Location. 37° 7.258′ N, 80° 35.036′ W. Marker is in Radford, Virginia. It can be reached from 5th Street north of Pendleton Street, on the right when traveling north. Monument is at the main entrance to West
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Regionally, this marker and monument is in Southwest Virginia and in the Blue Ridge Highlands. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Radford People in History (approx. 0.8 miles away); Home Guards (approx. 0.8 miles away); Glencoe Mansion (approx. 0.8 miles away); Mary Draper Ingles (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Railroad Arrives (approx. 0.8 miles away); Westward Migration (approx. 0.8 miles away); The City by the River (approx. 0.9 miles away); New River Bridge (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Radford.
Also see . . .
1. Mary Draper Ingles. Wikipedia entry on the frontierswoman and her capture and escape, details of which primarily come from two somewhat differing accounts. (Submitted on November 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
2. Untangling the tale of frontier heroine Mary Draper Ingles. Mary was just one of many colonial frontierswomen who were captured and returned, but hers was recorded because of her family's status. But the details of her experience remain murky. (David Sibray, West Virginia Magazine, posted Jan. 10, 2022) (Submitted on November 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 22, 2022
2. Mary Draper Ingles Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on November 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 458 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 6, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
