On Trail of the Lonesome Pine Road (Virginia Route 70) at the state line and Tennessee Route 70, on the left when traveling north on Trail of the Lonesome Pine Road.
Lee County Virginia. Area 446 square miles. Formed in 1782 from Russell, and named for Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee, revolutionary soldier and governor of Virginia, 1791–1794. Daniel Boone’s son was killed by indians in this . . . — — Map (db m104316) HM
On U.S. 421 0.3 miles west of Blueberry Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.
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Lee County Virginia
Area 446 Square Miles
Formed in 1792 from Russell, and named for Henry (Light-Horse Harry) Lee, Revolutionary soldier and Governor of Virginia, 1791-1794. Daniel Boone's son was killed by Indians . . . — — Map (db m181401) HM
Front Dedicated to soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution who are buried in IowaDecember 28, 1846 Iowa Our liberties we prize our rights we will maintainReverse George Perkins, N. and S. Carolina, Lee County William . . . — — Map (db m48277) HM
On Mendota Trail east of Island Road, on the right when traveling east.
Bristol History
• The cities of Bristol, Virginia (originally Goodson, VA) and Bristol, Tennessee were created in 1856 when two separately built railroads met at the state line.
• The Southern Railway, a portion of which is now the . . . — — Map (db m305060) HM
Near Mechanic Street (State Road T 864) north of Natural Tunnel Parkway (State Road 871), on the left when traveling north.
The Crooked Road
Virginia's Heritage Music Trail
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Coalfields region, southwest Virginia is blessed with historic and contemporary music venues, musicians, and fretted instrument makers. Historically . . . — — Map (db m283216) HM
Near South Horner Boulevard (Business U.S. 421) west of Courtland Drive.
"Duty is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less."
Born January 19, 1807 at Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
Son of Henry "Light Horse Harry" . . . — — Map (db m245028) HM
On Old Wilderness Road (Virginia Route 58) 0.2 miles north of Route 872, on the right when traveling west.
Lee County. Lee County, the western-most county in Virginia, was formed from Russell County in 1792; a part of Scott County was added later. The county is named for Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 and . . . — — Map (db m80237) HM
On U.S. 23 0.8 miles south of Jasper Road, on the right when traveling south.
Lee County. Lee County, the western-most county in Virginia, was formed from Russell County in 1792; a part of Scott County was added later. The county is named for Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, governor of Virginia from 1791 to 1794 and . . . — — Map (db m228717) HM
On Leslie Highway (Georgia Route 195) at 4th Street East, on the right when traveling north on Leslie Highway.
Lee County was created by Acts of June 9, 1825 and Dec. 11, 1826 from Creek cessions of Jan. 24, 1826 and March 31, 1826. Originally, it contained all land in Randolph, Stewart, Quitman, Sumter, Terrell, Webster and part of Marion and Clay . . . — — Map (db m40125) HM
On Court Street (Business U.S. 27) at Pine Street, on the left when traveling north on Court Street.
Randolph County was created by Act of Dec. 20, 1828 from Lee County. Originally Randolph County included all of what is now Stewart and Quitman and part of Terrell and Clay Counties. It was named for “John Randolph of Roanoke” (1773-1833), Virginia . . . — — Map (db m238725) HM
On Court Square (State Highway 28) south of Washington Street (State Highway 203), on the right when traveling north.
Abbeville's 6th courthouse - designed in beaux arts classical style by Edwards & Walter of Atlanta - dedicated in 1908 with City Hall/Opera House. (Two buildings indirectly financed by profits from Abbeville Dispensary, only one still operating . . . — — Map (db m14870) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) 0.4 miles south of Baxley Lane, on the right when traveling south.
Lee County, the western-most county in
Virginia, was formed from Russell County in
1792; a part of Scott County was added
later. The county is named for Henry “Light-
Horse Harry” Lee, governor of Virginia
from 1791 to 1794 and former . . . — — Map (db m228710) HM
On Daniel Boone Trail (Business U.S. 58) just west of Smith Hollow Road, on the right when traveling west.
A short distance north is the Ely Mound, the
best-preserved Indian mound in Virginia. It
dates to the Late Woodland-Mississippian
Period (AD 1200–1650), during which more
complex societies and practices evolved,
including chiefdoms and . . . — — Map (db m44332) HM
On County Route 622 1.6 miles south of Main Street (U.S. 58), on the left when traveling west.
Andrew Taylor Still, physician and founder for Osteopathic medicine was born here in a log cabin on August 6, 1828. The cabin now stands on the campus of Kirksville College of Osteopathy and Surgery in Kirksville, Missouri, the first American school . . . — — Map (db m44372) HM
On Daniel Boone Trail (U.S. 58/421) at County Route 726, on the right when traveling west on Daniel Boone Trail.
Scott County. Area 543 square miles. Formed in 1814 from Lee, Washington and Russell. Named for General Winfield Scott, later commander of the American Army. The natural tunnel is in this county.
Lee County. Area 446 . . . — — Map (db m35986) HM
On Norray Road (County Route 684) at Wilderness Road (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling east on Norray Road.
This marks the burial place of a party of white settlers who were surprised in camp and slain by Indians at daybreak, October 10, 1773. Those killed were James Boone, son of Daniel Boone; Henry Russell, son of Capt. William Russell; Robert and . . . — — Map (db m233011) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 58), on the right when traveling north.
As early as 1852, railroaders, local merchants, and mineral speculators knew Natural Tunnel would be the most economical rail route to the coal fields of Lee County and the western part of present day Wise County, because the Tunnel would let them . . . — — Map (db m36109) HM
On Sun Ranch Road 0.7 miles east of Martin Cove Road, on the right when traveling east.
The grave of F.R. Fulkerson was noted by forty-niner J.G. Bruff on July 26, 1849, as he traveled through what he termed "Pass of the Rattle-Snake Mountain to the left of Devil's Gate." The survival of the large granite boulder used as the Fulkerson . . . — — Map (db m66997) HM
Near Sugar Run Overlook Road (Kentucky Route 988).
The trail ahead follows the 1907 roadbed of an Object Lesson Road. Early in the 20th century, most rural roads, especially here in the Appalachians, were little better than in the days of Daniel Boone. The U.S. Department of Agriculture sponsored . . . — — Map (db m207717) HM
On Mars-DeBusk Parkway at Hamilton Way, in the median on Mars-DeBusk Parkway.
During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln commented to General O. O. Howard that after the War ended, he hoped General Howard would do something for the people of this area. Years later, Howard would recall this exchange as he traveled through . . . — — Map (db m204563) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) near the Lee-Wise County line, on the right when traveling north.
John Donelson’s Line, surveyed after the Treaty of Lochaber with the Indians, 1770, crossed the road here. This line separated Indian territory from land open to settlement. Violations of the line by settlers contributed to Dunmore's War, 1774. — — Map (db m44396) HM
On Southeast 23rd Terrace 0.4 miles east of Southeast 21st Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This monument immortalizes the famous photograph taken by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal during the American victory over Japan on the island of Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. One of the most iconic images of World War II, the . . . — — Map (db m127696) HM
On Pine Street at Court Street, on the right when traveling west on Pine Street.
Early Randolph County
The area that is now Randolph County lies within the vast territory in Georgia and Alabama once claimed by the Creeks. In the late 1700s and early 1800s several small Creek towns were scattered throughout the area, . . . — — Map (db m113738) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
