Pulaski County
Area 333 square miles
Formed in 1839 from Wythe and Montgomery, and named for Count Casimir Pulaski, killed at the siege of Savannah, 1779. New River flows through this county.
Wythe County
Area . . . — — Map (db m209757) HM
This tablet commemorates the first white settlement west of New River, made in 1745 near here by "Dunkers". In 1756 they built a fort for protection against Indians. In 1771 Col. William Christian built a home on this site. The stones in this . . . — — Map (db m41457) HM
In April 1864 Grant ordered Brig. Gen. George Crook to cut the Virginia & Tennessee RR in Southwest Virginia. Near Cloyd’s Mountain, five miles north of Dublin, on 9 May Crook battled Confederate defenders commanded by Brig. Gen. Albert G. Jenkins. . . . — — Map (db m41409) HM
Here on May 9, 1864, was fought the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in which more than 800 gallant men were killed.
Rutherford B. Hayes & William McKinley later presidents of the United States engaged in this battle as officers of the Union . . . — — Map (db m162942) HM
Just to the west took place the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, May 9, 1864. The Union General Crook, raiding to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (N.&W.), met and repulsed General A. G. Jenkins, who was mortally wounded. — — Map (db m41410) HM
This chimney, formerly to the home of William Christian, brother-in-law to Patrick Henry & frontier militia commander, was built about 1772 a mile down stream at a site now submerged by Claytor Lake. In 1808 it became the home of Thomas Cloyd from . . . — — Map (db m41455) HM
This chimney marks the site
of the home of
Colonel William Christian
Christiansburg, Va., was named for
this Revolutionary War leader and Virginia patriot
Chairman of the Fincastle Resolutions Committee
and brother-in-law of . . . — — Map (db m41454) HM
This congregation, one of the oldest in Southwest Virginia, consisted of 45 families by 1769. Col.Joseph Cloyd, a Revolution army War officer, donated land for its first sanctuary, built 1/2 mile east of here ca. 1781. The present sanctuary (ca. . . . — — Map (db m138342) HM
Just south of here stood the New River Ordnance Plant, or Dublin Bagging Plant, a World War II facility established primarily for the bagging of propellant used for firing artillery shells. Construction of the plant, designed and operated by the . . . — — Map (db m126020) HM
(preface)
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of all Union armies, ordered advances throughout the Confederacy in May 1864. In Virginia, Gen. George C. Meade led the Army of the Potomac across the Rappahannock River and south toward Richmond . . . — — Map (db m162941) HM
During the 1770s, Samuel Pepper established a
ferry crossing nearby which opened a transportation, route during the late colonial and early
national periods linking the resources of the
West with the population centers in the East.
A century . . . — — Map (db m86261) HM
August 14, 1940
On this day, the Georgia-South Carolina hurricane of 1940 caused water from the Little River to rise to this level at this location.
For more information, contact:
National Weather Service Blacksburg, VA . . . — — Map (db m209751) HM
Erected 1964
On this corner stood the first courthouse of Pulaski County 1839-1893
To the back still stands the old county jail — — Map (db m104646) HM
The first court held in Pulaski County was in a building known as the James Tiffany House on May 9, 1839, at which term an order was entered adopting the house of Henry Hance (a great grandfather of K.B. Alexander present owner) as a place to hold . . . — — Map (db m197036) HM
The original reservoir of the first Newbern water works 1870 Restored in 1965 by the Newbern community improvement club Above is a sample of the 1000 feet of original pipe line, which is still in use. — — Map (db m104647) HM
John Draper's wife, Bettie Robertson Draper, was captured by Shawnee at Draper's Meadow (Blacksburg) in 1755. Mrs. Draper was carried into the Ohio country along with her sister-in-law Mary Draper Ingles and five others. Six years later John Draper . . . — — Map (db m216193) HM
O Lord who guides the stars and yet dost stoop to heal the broken heart. Thou, for whom no distance lies of time or space, shield all thy sons and daughters whom men call missing but whose place and circumstance are wholly known to thee. If they be . . . — — Map (db m41482) WM
The town sprang up at the coming of the railroad and was first known as Martin's Tank. Governor John Floyd lived near by. The county seat was moved here from Newbern in 1894. The town, like the county, was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, killed in . . . — — Map (db m23914) HM
This native stone arch, built in 1907, was used as an entrance to the Pulaski County exhibit at the 1607-1907 Jamestown Exposition. When returned to Pulaski, it was erected here as a permanent entrance to the Pulaski County Courthouse, which was . . . — — Map (db m41480) HM
September 28, 1925
The Norfolk and Western Railway Company gave permission to the town of Pulaski to use this parcel of land for a park. — — Map (db m162948) HM
Erected by the state bar association
of Virginia as a memorial of the legal
accomplishments, the fidelity to duty
and the courage unto death of
Thornton Lemmon Massie
judge of the twenty first Virginia circuit
who was assassinated while . . . — — Map (db m162946) HM
[North and South Faces)]:
This memorial is dedicated to the honor and glory of all Pulaski County citizens who served our Country during World War I
[East Face]
Town of Pulaski
Founded 1886
Jackson Park — — Map (db m24132) HM
About five miles southwest is Dunkard Bottom, where Dr. Thomas Walker found a settlement in 1750. The fort there was built about 1756 and was the first fort in Virginia west of New River. The first store and first mill were also there. — — Map (db m23909) HM
Montgomery County. Area 401 Square Miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.
Pulaski County. Area . . . — — Map (db m50619) HM
Montgomery County. Area 401 square miles. Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.
Pulaski County. Area . . . — — Map (db m41416) HM
One mile to the north stood this Methodist Chapel, an early one in the New River area. It was built on land given in 1795 by Alexander Page. Bishop Francis Asbury preached in the chapel in 1802 and again in 1806. — — Map (db m23906) HM
Not “new” at all, the New River, the second oldest in the world, is more than 320 million years old. Only the Nile is older. The river received its original English name, Wood's River, perhaps from Colonel Abraham Wood who explored the . . . — — Map (db m41417) HM
