Scott County, named for Gen. Winfield Scott, was formed in 1814 from portions of Lee, Russell, and Washington Counties. The first court met on 14 Feb. 1815 at the house of Benjamin T. Hollins, about half a mile southeast of here. Hollins's house . . . — — Map (db m135659) HM
The name originally was Holly Creek. In 1882 the county seat of Dickenson County was moved from Ervington to this place, which was named Clintwood for Major Henry Clinton Wood. The town was incorporated in 1894. With the coming of the railroad to . . . — — Map (db m90769) HM
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
The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway built the taller of the two structures which stand before you in 1908. At 167 feet over the Copper Creek-Clinch River junction, the Copper Creek Viaduct was then one of the tallest railroad bridges in the . . . — — Map (db m36106) HM
In 1775 Daniel Boone and a group of axmen, following a Native American trade route, blazed a trail from the Anderson Blockhouse to a site on the Kentucky River. This trail, later to become the Wilderness Road, traversed 200 miles of wilderness and . . . — — Map (db m36100) HM
Railroads, like water, tend to follow the path of least resistance. Early railroad engineers saw Natural Tunnel as a logical path through the mountains to the growing rail systems of the Midwest.
The South Atlantic and Ohio Railroad began . . . — — Map (db m167000) HM
The Kilgore Fort House was built in 1786 by
Robert Kilgore whose family were early settlers
in this area. It was one of the twelve forts
between Castlewood. and Cumberland Gap
providing ready refuge for settlers from Indian
attacks in the late . . . — — Map (db m90933) HM
(Right Side):Speers Ferry Historically the Clinch River served as a major avenue for settlement and opened up the area of southwestern Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Among other settlers, Daniel Boone lived along the banks of this . . . — — Map (db m36087) HM
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
The American Civil War (1861-1865) was the result of decades of tension between the North and the South. Chief among the issues were expansion of slavery into the western territories, the South's declining political power, states' rights, and the . . . — — Map (db m210072) HM
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
This monument marks the spot where the first court of Scott County was held February 14, 1815. Erected to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Scott County, Virginia 1815 - 1915. — — Map (db m35968) HM
The Massengale Family
Independent and Self-Reliant
The Dempsey Massengale, Jr. family lived on this ridgetop just south of present-day Rugby from the 1860s to the early 1900s. The cabin faced the mid-19th century historic trace that Rugby . . . — — Map (db m219901) HM
Since 1776 more than 2˝ million women have served in our military services in the defense of our nation. Beginning with the American Revolutionary War and continuing through the present day, in all military conflicts, including War of 1812, Civil . . . — — Map (db m210300) HM
John C. Hale, one of nine patriots killed at the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Scott County, Virginia on April 3, 1806. He married Barshaba Miller in his home state in 1830, and by 1835 moved with his wife and children to Sabine County. They . . . — — Map (db m29876) HM
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
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
Col. Robert Johnson (1745-1815) of Orange County,
Virginia established Johnson's Station at Great Crossing on
North Elkhorn Creek in 1783 as the first permanent
pioneer settlement in what is now Scott County, Kentucky.
In 1785, he and his wife, . . . — — Map (db m202953) HM
Dedicated to the Confederate Soldiers of Scott County by the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
Let not ignorance of fact or time overshadow their acts of patriotism, bravery, and courage for Virginia and the Confederacy.
C.S.A. ”Deo . . . — — Map (db m135670) WM
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The only school for African Americans in Kingsport began in 1913 as the Oklahoma Grove School near downtown. With Rosenwald and community funds, the first Douglass School building was constructed in 1928. A new structure was . . . — — Map (db m76645) HM
Tennessee’s mountain residents were bitterly divided about secession in 1861, although most were Unionist. In Huntsville (Exit 141), Scott County residents voted to secede and join Kentucky if Tennessee joined the Confederacy.
Confederate . . . — — Map (db m255977) HM
Southeast Missouri was where Ulysses S. Grant, the nation's eighteenth president, began his rise to prominence as a soldier. This story began in mid-August, 1861, at Ironton, Missouri, 70 miles west of Cape Girardeau via Missouri Highway 72. Grant . . . — — Map (db m261479) 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.
