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The Damascus History Tour
By Tom Bosse, September 3, 2022
Founders of Damascus Marker
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| Near South Beaver Dam Avenue just south of West Laurel Avenue (U.S. 58), on the left when traveling south. |
| | The first settlers in this area were the Cherokee, an Iroquois-speaking tribe with widespread settlements along the river valleys of what is now Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee. A hunting camp was located adjacent to Laurel Creek north of . . . — — Map (db m209500) HM |
| On North Beaver Dam Avenue (U.S. 58) 0.2 miles north of West Laurel Avenue (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling north. |
| | In front of you are the remains of one of the six water tanks which existed along the old Abingdon Branch of the Norfolk and Western line, or Virginia Creeper as it was locally known. The locations were Abingdon, Damascus, and Creek junction in . . . — — Map (db m209499) HM |
| On East Laurel Avenue (U.S. 58) just east of Trestle Street, on the left when traveling east. |
| | In front of you and across the water lies Legion Island, surrounded on both sides by Laurel Creek. Between the late 1920s and the late 1960s Legion Island was a focal point of Damascus summer recreation and social activities. The large (40 feet by . . . — — Map (db m209498) HM |
| On West Laurel Avenue (U.S. 58) east of South Reynolds Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | The first place of worship in Damascus was Wright's Chapel (Methodist) built around 1830 at Mock's Cemetery on Red Hill. The church burned down and was rebuilt outside of town. Damascus at that time was called Mock's Mill after a grist mill built . . . — — Map (db m209495) HM |
| On West Imboden Street just east of North Reynolds Street, on the right when traveling east. |
| | In the Spring of 1821 Henry A. Mock moved from North Carolina and bought 91 acres of land from early settler John Larimer for $405. Immediately he set about building an earthen dam across Laurel Creek for a grist mill. Although the area had been . . . — — Map (db m209490) HM |
Jun. 16, 2024
