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Use the “map all markers shown on this page” link on the list to see the terrain Add and his brother Mic crossed to reach Blacksburg.
By Bernard Fisher, May 28, 2011
William Addison Caldwell Sculpture
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Virginia, Montgomery County, Blacksburg, University — William Addison Caldwell —  |
| Craig County farm boy Add Caldwell walked 26 miles to enroll here in 1872 as the first student. The popular cadet majored in agriculture and worked as a teacher, clerk, and salesman before his death in 1910. Donated by the Class of . . . — — Map (db m42925) HM | |||
| 2 ► Virginia, Craig County, Simmonville — KH-3 — William Addison “Add” Caldwell — Virginia Tech’s First Student — |
| Three miles north of here stands the childhood home of William Addison “Add” Caldwell. He walked 28 miles to Blaksburg on 1 October 1872 and became the first student to register at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Virginia . . . — — Map (db m84148) HM | |||