Historical Markers in Wise, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Wise, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — E.M. Fulton House —

. . . — — Map (db m228674) HM

2 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — Gladeville in the Civil War — “The Burnt City” —

Gladeville (present-day Wise) served for a time in 1862 as the headquarters for Confederate Gen. Humphrey Marshall, who directed operations in Southwest Virginia. Despite its relative isolation in this part of the state, the community . . . — — Map (db m90856) HM

3 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — KA-14 — Napoleon Hill —

Napoleon Hill was born nearby on 26 Oct. 1883. At age 13, he became a “mountain reporter” for small town newspapers. He left Southwest Virginia in 1908 to write magazine profiles of such business leaders as Andrew Carnegie, Henry . . . — — Map (db m90860) HM

4 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — KA-19 — The University of Virginia’s College at Wise —

The college was founded at 1954 as Clinch Valley College of the University of Virginia, through the efforts of local citizens and University of Virginia officials including President Colgate W. Darden, Jr.; Samuel H. Crockett, extension services . . . — — Map (db m90859) HM

5 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — Wise — The Crooked Road — Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail —

Wise. Known variously through the years as Big Glades, Gladesville, and Gladeville, Wise took its current name in 1924 after Henry Alexander Wise, Governor of Virginia before the Civil War. Located on the road between Union Kentucky and the . . . — — Map (db m90857) HM

6 ► Virginia, Wise County, Wise — XB-4 — Wise —

The town of Wise was known as Big Glades when a post office was established here in 1850, Before being incorporated as Wise in 1926 it was also called Gladeville and Wise Court House. Since the creation in 1856 of Wise County, named for Henry . . . — — Map (db m90847) HM

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