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On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) 0.4 miles south of Baxley Lane, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Gilley Avenue East (Alternate U.S. 58) east of Hamblen Street South, on the right when traveling east.
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
On East 5th Street North (Business U.S. 28) north of Shawnee Avenue East, on the right when traveling north.
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
On East 3rd Street North at Shawnee Avenue East on East 3rd Street North.
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
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) near the Lee-Wise County line, on the right when traveling north.
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
On Wood Avenue East (County Route 610) at East Jerome Street South, on the right when traveling east on Wood Avenue East.
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
On Wood Avenue West (Alternate U.S. 58) at West 1st Street North on Wood Avenue West.
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
