Alleghany County Virginia. 458 Square Miles. Formed in 1822 from Bath, Botetourt, and Monroe, and named for the Alleghany Mountains. At Fort Mann in this county a battle took place between settlers and Indians led by Cornstalk, . . . — — Map (db m295844) HM
To the Confederate Soldiers of Alleghany County.
"They fought for liberty, home and those they loved, their names are borne on honor's shield and their record is with God."
Erected in loving tribute by the . . . — — Map (db m108016) WM
Who served in the
Korean War 1950-1955
Vietnam Conflict 1964-1975
The Medal of Honor
awarded to
Michael Fleming Folland
Gary Lee Miller
Korean War
June 27, 1950 to Jan. 31, 1955
...
Vietnam . . . — — Map (db m108019) WM
They died, that we might live.
Marion Landes
Bedford Carlisle Lam
Roy Hedrick Bush
Wilbur McKinley Rose
Almer Roy Dew
Earl Howard Tyree
Mordiant Burnette Kelly
Roy Alexander Bazzarre
Joseph Alfred Byers
James M. Nicely . . . — — Map (db m275707) WM
In December 1863, Union Gen. William W. Averell’s 2,500 cavalrymen raided Salem, Virginia, to disrupt the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad supply line to Confederate Gen. James Longstreet, who was besieging Knoxville, Tennessee. After the raid, . . . — — Map (db m107979) HM
This monument marks the true boundary between Allegheny County, Virginia and Monroe County, West Virginia as determined by a joint commission representing the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of West Virginia on December 2, 1958, and . . . — — Map (db m298544) HM
C and O for Progress
Class … G-5
Type … 2-8-0
Service … Mixed
Builder … Alco
Boiler Pressure… 205 lbs.
Year Built … 1911
Richmond Va.
Cylinder H.P. … 1951
Tractive Power … 48,500 lbs.
Diameter of . . . — — Map (db m298442) HM
Covington High School
1939
is designated a
Virginia Historic Landmark
by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources
and placed on the
National Register of Historic Places
by the U.S. Department of the Interior . . . — — Map (db m298441) HM
Constructed nearby about 1756 as a wooden palisaded fort, Fort Young, originally known as Dickinson’s Fort, stood near the Jackson River. It was one in a series of forts authorized by the Virginia General Assembly to be built on the frontier to . . . — — Map (db m84052) HM
Just over the state line in West Virginia is the grave of physician and politician John Floyd. He was born in Jefferson County, Virginia (now Kentucky), on 24 Apr. 1783. He married Laetitia Preston in 1804 and received his medical degree from the . . . — — Map (db m295842) HM
Humpback Bridge constructed of hand hewn timbers in 1835 for the James River Kanawha Turnpike Corporation remained in public use until 1929.
In 1953, through the efforts of the Covington Business and Professional Women's Club, the Chamber of . . . — — Map (db m46388) HM
West Virginia. West Virginia was long a part of Virginia. Morgan Morgan began the settlement of the region in 1727. A great battle with the Indians took place at Point Pleasant in 1774. West Virginia became a separate state of the Union in . . . — — Map (db m46376) HM
