Historical Markers in Big Stone Gap, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Big Stone Gap, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Lee County, Big Stone Gap — Z-189 — Lee County / Wise 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 former . . . — — Map (db m228710) HM

2 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — Big Stone Gap — The Crooked Road — Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail —

Big Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap takes its name from a large stone, visible in a gap. Wagoners who followed Daniel Boone’s trail said: “It’s a day's ride from the Big Stone Gap to Cumberland Gap.” Fiddlers, banjo players, and . . . — — Map (db m90913) HM

3 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — KA-11 — Big Stone Gap —

Big Stone Gap, originally known as Three Forks, received its carter February 28. 1888. A postoffice was established April 12, 1856. In the early nineties it became the center of iron and coal development. It was the home and workshop of John Fox, . . . — — Map (db m90914) HM

4 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — KA-17 — Carl Martin — Early Music Pioneer —

Carl Martin was born in Big Stone Gap in April 1906. He grew up in Southwest Virginia and moved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1918. He performed regionally on the guitar, mandolin, bass, and violin at coal camps, dances, and in traveling shows. In . . . — — Map (db m90912) HM

5 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — Christ Episcopal Church — Founded 1890 — Built 1892 —

has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m228708) HM

6 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — KA-8 — Donelson’s Indian Line —

John Donelson’s Line, surveyed after the Treaty of Lochaber with the Indians, 1770, crossed the road here. This line separated Indian territory from land open to settlement. Violations of the line by settlers contributed to Dunmore's War, 1774. — — Map (db m44396) HM

7 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — KA-12 — Origins of Big Stone Gap —

This was the site of the Gilley famly farm, settled by John and Mary Barger Gilley about 1790. The family cemetery was located just south at the end of Graveyard Alley. Named Imboden after Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden when it was laid out on . . . — — Map (db m90891) HM

8 ► Virginia, Wise County, Big Stone Gap — I-2 — Southwest Virginia Museum —

This museum is located in a mansion built by lawyer and industrialist Rufus Ayers, Virginia attorney general in the 1880s. Newman and her brother, C. Bascom Slemp, former U.S. Congressman and private secretary to President Calvin . . . — — Map (db m90897) HM

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