John Draper's wife, Bettie Robertson Draper, was captured by Shawnee at Draper's Meadow (Blacksburg) in 1755. Mrs. Draper was carried into the Ohio country along with her sister-in-law Mary Draper Ingles and five others. Six years later John Draper . . . — — Map (db m23927) HM
O Lord who guides the stars and yet dost stoop to heal the broken heart. Thou, for whom no distance lies of time or space, shield all thy sons and daughters whom men call missing but whose place and circumstance are wholly known to thee. If they be . . . — — Map (db m41482) WM
The town sprang up at the coming of the railroad and was first known as Martin's Tank. Governor John Floyd lived near by. The county seat was moved here from Newbern in 1894. The town, like the county, was named for Count Casimir Pulaski, killed in . . . — — Map (db m23914) HM
This native stone arch, built in 1907, was used as an entrance to the Pulaski County exhibit at the 1607-1907 Jamestown Exposition. When returned to Pulaski, it was erected here as a permanent entrance to the Pulaski County Courthouse, which was . . . — — Map (db m41480) HM
September 28, 1925
The Norfolk and Western Railway Company gave permission to the town of Pulaski to use this parcel of land for a park. — — Map (db m162948) HM
Erected by the state bar association
of Virginia as a memorial of the legal
accomplishments, the fidelity to duty
and the courage unto death of
Thornton Lemmon Massie
judge of the twenty first Virginia circuit
who was assassinated while . . . — — Map (db m162946) HM
[North and South Faces)]:
This memorial is dedicated to the honor and glory of all Pulaski County citizens who served our Country during World War I
[East Face]
Town of Pulaski
Founded 1886
Jackson Park — — Map (db m24132) HM
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