The town sprang up after the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and Southern Railroad made a junction here in 1890. Named for the Appalachian Mountains, in the heart of which it stands, it was incorporated in 1906; the streets were laid out in 1907. . . . — — Map (dbm90888) HM
Big Stone Gap. Big Stone Gap takes its name from a large stone, visiblein a gap. Wagoners who followed Daniel Boone’s trailsaid: “It’s a day's ride from the Big Stone Gap toCumberland Gap.” Fiddlers, banjo players, and . . . — — Map (dbm90913) HM
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 (dbm90914) HM
Carl Martin was born in Big Stone Gap in April1906. He grew up in Southwest Virginia andmoved to Knoxville, Tenn., in 1918. He performedregionally on the guitar, mandolin, bass, andviolin at coal camps, dances, and in travelingshows. In . . . — — Map (dbm90912) HM
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 (dbm44396) HM
This was the site of the Gilley famly farm,settled by John and Mary Barger Gilley about1790. The family cemetery was located justsouth at the end of Graveyard Alley. NamedImboden after Brig. Gen. John D. Imboden when it was laid out on . . . — — Map (dbm90891) HM
This museum is located in a mansion built bylawyer and industrialist Rufus Ayers, Virginiaattorney general in the 1880s.Newman and her brother, C. Bascom Slemp, former U.S. Congressman and private secretaryto President Calvin . . . — — Map (dbm90897) HM
The town stands on the site of one of Christopher Gist’s camps when he was returning from his exploration of the Ohio Valley about 1750. Big Tom and Little Tom Creeks are named for him and his son. The name of the town comes from W. W. Coe, chief . . . — — Map (dbm90868) HM
Beginning in 1774, Chief Benge led a part ofthe Shawnee from the Ohio River on raidsalong the frontier. Benge, who was part whiteand part Cherokee. frequently captured slavesand then resold them; he also seized whitewomen and children who . . . — — Map (dbm44232) HM
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 (dbm90777) HM WM
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 (dbm90795) HM
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 (dbm90844) HM
Capt. Jefferson Scott Dotson - USAF Aug 06, 1944 – Aug 09, 1969 1st Lt. Daniel Lee Mullins - USA Oct 21, 1943 – Aug 31, 1967 Scott and Danny, graduating classmates of 1962, were excellent students as well as outstanding athletes . . . — — Map (dbm228664) HM WM
Francis Gary Powers (1929-1977) was raised herein Pound and graduated from Grundy High School.Powers enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 aftergraduating from Milligan College in Tennessee. In1956, the Central Intelligence Agency . . . — — Map (dbm90846) HM
Leonard Woods, a black coal miner from Jenkins, KY, was lynched near here on the night of 29-30 Nov. 1927. Officers had arrested Woods for allegedly killing Herschel Deaton, a white man from Coeburn, VA, and had taken him to the Whitesburg, KY jail. . . . — — Map (dbm217840) HM
Pound Gap probably was named for nearbygrain pounding mill. Christopher Gist, returningfrom the Ohio River where he surveyed landfor the Ohio Company, crossed the gap in 1751.During the Civil War, Pound Gap gainedstrategic importance as a . . . — — Map (dbm90797) HM
High School Principals in The Pound Christopher Gist High School (Present-day Town Hall) 1924-1930 Luther Addington • 1930-1953 O.M. Morris Pound High School1953-1964 O.M. Morris • 1964-1972 Marvin B. Barker • 1972-1974 Danny C. . . . — — Map (dbm228655) HM
In Honor of Fallen Comrades World War 1 Edward Stidham • Houston Meade • James S. Hamilton WWIIEverette Balthis • Ira Short • Maynard Stallard • Bart Belcher Jr. • Clifford Bentley • Harold Bentley • Ralph Hubbard • Milton . . . — — Map (dbm228666) WM
Christopher Gist explored the area later known asThe Pound—likely derived from a family name—in 1751. The name became established followingthe construction of a pounding mill after 1815.According to tradition the oldest settlement . . . — — Map (dbm90779) HM
Sunnydale Farm, just to the north, was the homeof Chant Branham Kelly (1894-1979), known as the“Father of Pound.” Kelly grew up here, served inthe U.S. Army during the Mexican Expedition(1916-1917) and World War I, and returned in . . . — — Map (dbm228647) HM
WWIEdward Stidham • Houston Meade • James S. Hamilton WWIIEverette Balthis • Ira Short • Maynard Stallard • Bart Belcher Jr. • Clifford Bentley • Harold Bentley • Ralph Hubbard • Milton Ellison • Raymond Hopkins • Carl Baker • . . . — — Map (dbm228660) WM
Kentucky Unionists considered Pound Gap secondin importance only to Cumberland Gap as a strategic gateway to southwestern Virginia and easternTennessee. On the frigid morning of March 16,1862, Union Gen. James A.Garfield, the future . . . — — Map (dbm90781) HM
From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Coalfields region, southwest Virginia is blessed with historic and contemporary music venues, musicians, and fretted instrument makers. Historically isolated, the region retained its strong musical legacy by . . . — — Map (dbm90782) HM
Wise County. Wise County was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott,and Russell Counties. It was named for HenryAlexander Wise who was governor of Virginiafrom 1856 to 1860. The county seat is the townof Wise. After the Civil War the town of . . . — — Map (dbm90800) HM
Dedicated to all Veterans in all wars who brought honor to our country and promise to our dreams All gave some Some gave all World War I Total deaths - 116,516 World War I Total deaths - 116,516 World . . . — — Map (dbm119072) WM
Gladeville (present-day Wise) served for a timein 1862 as the headquarters for Confederate Gen.Humphrey Marshall, who directed operations inSouthwest Virginia. Despite its relative isolationin this part of the state, the community . . . — — Map (dbm90856) HM
Napoleon Hill was born nearby on 26 Oct. 1883.At age 13, he became a “mountain reporter” for smalltown newspapers. He left Southwest Virginia in 1908to write magazine profiles of such business leaders asAndrew Carnegie, Henry . . . — — Map (dbm90860) HM
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 (dbm90859) HM
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 UnionKentucky and the . . . — — Map (dbm90857) HM
The town of Wise was known as Big Gladeswhen a post office was established here in1850, Before being incorporated as Wise in 1926 it was also called Gladeville and Wise Court House. Since the creation in 1856 ofWise County, named for Henry . . . — — Map (dbm90847) HM
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