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On Clintwood Highway (Virginia Route 82) just west of Red Onion Road (County Route 853), on the right when traveling west.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90777) HM WM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Potter Town Road (County Route 667), on the right when traveling south on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90795) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Petes Lane, on the right when traveling south on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Entering the town of Lieutenant Daniel Webster Dotson, born Sept 25, 1920; died May 2, 1953. A veteran of the Korean War and World War II. Virginia’s second-highest decorated soldier and Wise County’s most decorated soldier in the Korean War. — — Map (db m90844) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23) at Indian Creek Road (Business U.S. 23), on the right when traveling north on Orby Cantrell Highway.
Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was raised here
in Pound and graduated from Grundy High School.
Powers enlisted in the U. S. Air Force in 1950 after
graduating from Milligan College in Tennessee. In
1956, the Central Intelligence Agency . . . — — Map (db m90846) HM
On Orby Cantrell Highway (U.S. 23), on the right when traveling south.
Pound Gap probably was named for nearby
grain pounding mill. Christopher Gist, returning
from the Ohio River where he surveyed land
for the Ohio Company, crossed the gap in 1751.
During the Civil War, Pound Gap gained
strategic importance as a . . . — — Map (db m90797) HM
On Indian Creek Road (Business U.S. 23) just north of Bold Camp Road (County Route 633), on the right when traveling north.
Christopher Gist explored the area later known as
The Pound—likely derived from a family name—in 1751. The name became established following
the construction of a pounding mill after 1815.
According to tradition the oldest settlement . . . — — Map (db m90779) HM
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