101 ► Virginia, Washington County, Emory — Emory & Henry College —

Near Armbrister Drive at Garnand Drive.

Founded in 1836, the College was named for Bishop John Emory of the Methodist Church and Patrick Henry, the Orator of the American Revolution and Virginia’s first governor. The campus has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by . . . — — Map (db m120687) HM

102 ► Virginia, Washington County, Emory — Tobias Smyth House —

On Garnand Drive, 0.3 miles east of College Drive (County Route 737), on the left when traveling east.

Constructed circa 1770, this log structure is considered to be the birthplace of Emory & Henry College. In this house, Tobias Smyth and the Reverend Creed Fulton chose the names of John Emory and Patrick Henry for the College. Smyth, Fulton, Col. . . . — — Map (db m120684) HM

103 ► Virginia, Washington County, Emory-Meadow View — I-7 — Emory and Henry College —

On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at College Drive (County Route 737), on the right when traveling south on Lee Highway.

One mile north is Emory and Henry College, founded in 1836, the first institution of higher learning in southwest Virginia. It was named for Bishop John Emory of the Methodist Church and Patrick Henry, the orator of the Revolution. Four bishops of . . . — — Map (db m46245) HM

104 ► Virginia, Washington County, Glade Spring — K 51 — Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones, C.S.A. —

On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of Deerfield Lane (County Route 767), on the right when traveling north.

Brig. Gen. William Edmondson "Grumble" Jones was born nearby on 9 May 1824. Educated at Emory and Henry College and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Jones served on the frontier from 1848 until he resigned in 1857. He organized the . . . — — Map (db m153341) HM

105 ► Virginia, Washington County, Glade Spring — 58-k — Fort Kilmachronan —

On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) at Fleet Road (County Route 751), on the right when traveling north on Lee Highway.

The stone house, a half mile south, was an important neighborhood fort. Built in 1776 near the site of an old Indian town. — — Map (db m120683) HM

106 ► Virginia, Washington County, Glade Spring — Mrs. Eliza M. Jones —

On Lee Highway (U.S. 11).

Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Eliza M. The wife of Lieut. W. E. Jones, U.S. Mounted Rifles. She was born on the 3rd of May 1884 in Washington County, Virginia, was married on the 15th of January 1852, and was drowned on the 26th . . . — — Map (db m20414) HM

107 ► Virginia, Washington County, Green Cove — “Maud Bows to The Virginia Creeper” — Photographed by Mr. O. Winston Link on this Spot October, 1956 —

On Green Cove Road (County Route 600) 0.2 miles south of J.E.B. Stuart Highway (U.S. 58).

This works is one of O. Winston Link’s most revered photographs. Mr. Link’s legacy is having captured the end of the “Golden Age” of the railroad in this country. His innovative techniques with light and dark were years ahead of his . . . — — Map (db m65771) HM

108 ► Virginia, Washington County, Green Cove — K-62 — Green Cove Station —

On Green Cove Road (Route 608) just west of Discovery Road, on the right when traveling west.

Green Cove Station was a rail stop along the “Virginia Creeper” Railroad that ran from Abingdon, Virginia, to Todd, North Carolina. Built by the Virginia Carolina Railroad about 1914, it also served as a post office, general store, and . . . — — Map (db m65768) HM

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109 ► Virginia, Washington County, Meadowview — Edmondson Hall —

On Lindell Road (County Road 50) at Hiawatha Lane (County Road 800), on the right when traveling south on Lindell Road.

This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m209899) HM

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