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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Bristol, Virginia

 
Clickable Map of Bristol, Virginia and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Bristol Ind. City, VA Washington County, VA (34) Sullivan County, TN (86)  WashingtonCounty(34) Washington County (34)  SullivanCountyTennessee(86) Sullivan County (86)  Bristol Bristol
Adjacent to Bristol, Virginia
    Washington County (34)
    Sullivan County, Tennessee (86)
 
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1Virginia, Bristol — K-124 — Bristol Union Railway Station
On Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (Virginia Route 113) north of State Street, on the right when traveling north.
The Rev. James King donated land for railroad facilities here in 1848, before the town of Bristol took root early in the 1850s. The first passenger train arrived on 1 Oct. 1856 on the railroad later known as the Norfolk and Western (N&W). In 1858, . . . — Map (db m133882) HM
2Virginia, Bristol — City Historian
Near East Hill Cemetery Drive north of East State Street, on the left when traveling north.
Erected by friends in honor of V.N. “Bud” Phillips who came to Bristol as a total stranger on August 20, 1953 yet in time became one of her best known, highly respected and influential citizens…so much so that “Bud Phillips . . . — Map (db m67285) HM
3Virginia, Bristol — Civil War Memorial
On State Street (State Highway 34) at Russell Street (State Highway 113), on the right when traveling west on State Street.
Presented by Col. J.M.Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U.D.C. in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virginia from 1861 to 1865 — Map (db m23143) HM
4Virginia, Bristol — K-43 — Historic Bristol
On State Street at Edgemont Avenue on State Street.
Evan Shelby, noted Indian fighter, settled here about 1765 on a tract called "Sapling Grove". His home was a neighborhood fort, the refuge of settlers in Indian attacks. Bristol grew around this place and became an early railroad center. — Map (db m24323) HM
5Virginia, Bristol — Overmountain Patriots of the American Revolution
On Cumberland Street (Business Virginia Route 113) at Lee Street on Cumberland Street.
Dedicated to the hundreds of patriots from this area who fought in the American Revolution (1775 - 1783). When the war in the north came to a stalemate by early 1780, the British turned their military strategy to the South. They believed that . . . — Map (db m32611) HM
6Virginia, Bristol — Slave Section of East Hill Cemetery
Near East Hill Cemetery Drive north of East State Street, on the left when traveling north.
This site was established in 1857 by Bristol founder Joseph Rhea Anderson for the purpose of a slave cemetery. Buried nearby are twelve slaves including Old Si Goodson, who died in 1862, purportedly at the age of 132, reputed to be the oldest man in . . . — Map (db m67287) HM
7Virginia, Bristol — Vance Klondike DerbyOcanosta District
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (Virginia Route 113) north of State Street, on the right when traveling south.
Bristol resident J.C. Vance pioneered the concept of a Klondike Derby as a Scouting event in Bristol, Virginia, in 1968, and with his brother, Albert J. Vance, successfully launched the first event in 1970. Shortly before his death in 1975, J.C. . . . — Map (db m135671) HM
 
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