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Fincastle

Incorporated in 1772 and on the National Register of Historic Places, Fincastle serves as the county seat for Botetourt County and it’s a fantastic place to visit for anyone who loves history. The entire area is a virtual museum of American architecture from the late 1770s through the 21st century. In fact, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark visited Fincastle, then Read more...
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Virginia’s Crossroads

Virginia’s Crossroads is home to eleven counties, two cities and multiple State and National parks. As a region, we are home to a land of beautiful rolling hills, winding waters, and hidden treasures to be explored. Each locality offers a unique experience from outdoor adventures to historical sites and everything in between. We’re excited to welcome you to your adventure in Virginia’s Crossroads. Virginia’s Read more...
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Bush Mill

The historic Bush Mill takes you back to a time when people lived simpler lives, when millwrights and craftsmen used Scott County’s abundant natural resources to build overshot, water-powered grist mills with wooden gears, leather drive belts and wooden water wheels. The land and mill was purchased in the 1850s by Valentine Bush and his wife, Nancy Gose Bush, who Read more...
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Nyumba Ya Tausi-Peacock Museum

Exhibits Showcasing African artifacts, local black memorabilia, slavery, and family heirlooms. Open Saturdays 1:00 to 5:00 and on weekdays by appointment. Read more...
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Crab Orchard Museum & Pioneer Park

Historic Crab Orchard Museum preserves the cultural heritage of the Appalachian Region with exhibits on the 500 year-old Native American Village discovered on site, Pioneer Life, and military conflicts, such as the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. See the animals of Southwest Virginia, such as the turkey, black bear, and Bald Eagle, along with the infamous “varmint,” a coyote credited with Read more...
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Historical Society of Washington County

The Historical Society’s office is at 341 W. Main St., in downtown Abingdon. The Society is the leading center in the region for genealogical and historical research, with a digital database of over 180,000 images. These images include: digitized photographs of people in varying scenes both posed and candid. images we have digitized of churches, houses, schools, bridges, mills, railroads, Read more...
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O. Winston Link Museum and History Museum of Western Virginia

The O. Winston Link Museum and the History Museum of Western Virginia share quarters in an historic N&W passenger station. Exhibits include Link’s photographic documentation of the last of the steam trains and life along the line. History exhibits tell the story of western Virginia.  Exhibits include both permanent and rotating displays. A movie on Link’s project plays hourly in Read more...
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Wythe County Courthouse

Located in Downtown Wytheville, Wythe County Courthouse is open for genealogy information Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.  Enjoy the site of the historic building and monuments located outside.  The Wythe County Genealogical and Historical Association is also located in Downtown Wytheville for further information.  Shops, attractions, restaurants, hotels, museums, parks and more are located just minutes away. Read more...
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Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum

Take a step back in time to the early 1500’s and experience Native American life when you visit Wolf Creek Indian Village & Museum! Based on the Brown-Johnston site from 1970, Wolf Creek Indian Village is a reconstructed Native American Village. The original site carbon dated somewhere between 1480-1520. Using the archaeology map, we have pole for pole and feature Read more...
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Botetourt County Courthouse

The Botetourt County Courthouse was built in 1848; it suffered a severe fire in the 1970s and was rebuilt. The plans for the courthouse that preceded this one were drawn by Thomas Jefferson.Genealogists from around the country can find original, primary source documents in the County Clerks Office located within the Courthouse. Read more...
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Bloody Monday Historic Marker

“In the spring of 1963 local African American ministers and other leaders organized the Danville Movement to combat widespread racial segregation and discrimination. On 10 June, two demonstrations occurred. Police clubbed and fire-hosed the marchers, injuring at least 47 and arresting 60. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., offered protestors his “full, personal support” when he arrived in Danville Read more...
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US Civil Rights Trail

A Self-Guided Driving Tour Through Southside Virginia. Virginia has led the nation in many ways, particularly in education. The birthplace of the free public education system our country now enjoys has its roots right here in Southside Virginia. It was here, along the sleepy back roads of a few rural counties, that today’s African Americans, Native Americans and women developed Read more...
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Fairview Historic Homestead

At Fairview, learn about the Hagy family, a family whose history parallels the American experience. The Hagys were Swiss immigrants to the American colonies, served in the War for Independence, moved to Virginia along the Great Road, and planted their roots in Washington County; their descendants were the founders of the Hagy Wagon Company. Experience what life was like for Read more...
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Covington Depot

The Covington Depot houses the Alleghany Historical Society – The first depot in the Alleghany Highlands, and most recently renovated, was originally completed in 1890 and is now available for rent for special events. It is a newly restored 1908 C&O Covington Passenger Depot. Read more...
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Carter Family Fold

The Carter fold is a rustic, 800+ seat music shed offering traditional music every Saturday night. Museum opens an hour prior to the show. The Carter Family was discovered in 1927 by Victor Recording Studio in Bristol and recorded 300 songs between 1927 and 1942. Playing traditional Appalachian music, the family has often been credited as forerunners of modern-day country music. Read more...
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Smart View Recreation Area

Scenic historic log house built in 1890s and occupied until 1925.  Read more...
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Craig County Courthouse

The Craig County Courthouse was built in 1852 when the county was formed and New Castle established as the county seat. It is located in the New Castle historic district on the corner of Main and Court Streets, opposite the Old Brick Hotel. Renovation and expansion was done in 2000, while the original Jeffersonian architecture was preserved. It houses several Read more...
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Booker T Washington National Monument

This national treasure commemorates the birthplace of Booker T. Washington – America’s most prominent African American educator, orator and influential statesman of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The park comprises 239 acres, including most of the tobacco plantation’s original 207 acres, as well as a recreated 1850’s tobacco farm with farm buildings. Demonstrations of farm life in Civil War Read more...
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Floyd County Historical Society Museum

Ridgemont was the first hospital in Floyd, VA and now houses a museum and the offices of the historical society. We have both permanent and rotating exhibits on local history as well as a research library for genealogy research. Read more...
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Andrew Johnston House & Museum

We welcome you to visit the Andrew Johnston House and Giles County Historical Society! The 1829 Georgian manor house features many of the original decorative accents and charm of Giles County in the 19th century. Along with visiting our museum, we offer genealogical services, group tours, a wonderful locally stocked gift shop, and the opportunity to host your event or Read more...
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Bedford County Courthouse

Built in 1930, the courthouse is the third structure on the East Main Street site. Monuments to veterans of the American Revolution, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam stand on the courthouse lawn as reminders of Bedford’s great sacrifice for the cause of freedom. Bedford has been selected as the site for the National D-Day Read more...
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Tazewell, Historic Town of

Located in the heart of scenic Appalachia, Tazewell offers the full Southwest Virginia experience. Nestled among the Back of the Dragon’s rolling mountains, the winding Clinch River and sweeping farm lands, Tazewell is Nature’s playground. Enjoy an excellent meal at one of our many diverse dining establishments after you shop your worries away at trendy boutiques. We have fun community Read more...
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MacCallum More Museum and Gardens

MacCallum More, Scottish for Home of the Clan, was begun in 1929 by Lucy M. Hudgins, wife of Edward W. Hudgins, former Chief Justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Listed on the Virginia Landmark Registry and the National Historic Register. The gardens feature an arboretum, herb, wildflower, rose and theme gardens, as well as, fountains and eclectic imported Read more...
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Bassett Historical Center, Henry Co.

The Bassett Historical Center is a regional research facility which currently houses over 20,000 genealogy books and manuscripts, over 10,000 genealogy family files including 995 genealogy files in the Pilson Collection, over 3,000 local history files, 1,000 family photograph files, and 300 different periodicals. Local company collections from DuPont, Tultex, Bassett-Walker, and Blue Ridge Hardware & Supply Co., are housed Read more...
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Jack-O-Lantern Trail at Booker T. Washington National Monument

Jack-O-Lantern Branch Heritage Trail In addition to the Plantation Trail, the monument provides an opportunity for a 1½ mile meandering walk through fields and forests on the Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail. The Jack-O-Lantern Branch Trail, which gets its name from a creek, or “branch,” is a 1.6-mile loop trail. However, to reach it you must first hike the Plantation Trail, a Read more...
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Birthplace of Country Music

The Birthplace of Country Music is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that seeks to perpetuate, promote, and celebrate Bristol’s rich musical heritage; to educate and engage audiences worldwide regarding the history, impact and legacy of the 1927 Bristol Sessions from which we derive our name; and to create recognition, opportunities, and economic benefit for our local and regional communities. BCM accomplishes Read more...
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Blacksburg Museum – St. Luke & Odd Fellows Hall

The St. Luke and Odd Fellows Hall was built in 1907 in the center of New Town, an African American Community in Blacksburg that emerged after the Civil War. New Town consisted of only a couple of streets and several houses that no longer exist. It was considered an African American neighborhood in Blacksburg, Virginia from the late 19th century until the Read more...
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Blue Ridge Institue & Museum’s Farm

Experience early rural life at the Blue Ridge Institute’s Blue Ridge Institute & Museum”s Farm, a re-created 19th century Blue Ridge, Virginia-German farmstead. Costumed interpreters prepare meals over the open hearth, drive oxen, blacksmith, and carry out a host of other household and farm chores of the period. In the gardens and around the log farm buildings heirloom vegetables and historic Read more...
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Fort Trial Historic Marker

Are you curious about the history of and the events that transpired in Martinsville-Henry County? Take a moment to step back in time and read about this area of land, just off of 220, that was used as a point of refuge. The Fort Trial Historical Marker can be found off of Route 57- 6 miles north of Martinsville, just off Read more...
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Mountain Spirit: Virginia’s Moonshine Heritage Trail

We are Virginia’s Moonshine Heritage Trail Our moonshine heritage has deep roots, tracing back to the region’s early settlers who relied on the production of illicit distilled spirits as a means of survival and income. While its perception is dramatized today on the small screen, the true reality of our moonshine heritage is more complex, told in the stories of Read more...
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South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History

“Preserving the Past. Enriching the Present. Ensuring the Future.” The South Boston-Halifax County Museum of Fine Arts and History provides a place for the collection, preservation, and display of art and historical artifacts pertinent to South Boston, Halifax County, and Southside Virginia. A sample of the museum’s permanent exhibits include an interactive map of Halifax County, a Native American artifact gallery, Halifax Read more...
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Pittsylvania Historical Society

Pittsylvania Historical Society seeks to preserve, publish and promote our county’s history. The Society meets quarterly and publishes the packet, which contains schedules of local Society events, plus stories and articles related to county history. The webpage pittsylvaniahistoricalsociety.org contains historical articles as well as contact information for membership, and books published by the Society.  Each year on the first sat Read more...
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Bedford Museum and Genealogical Library

Since 1932, the Bedford Museum & Genealogical Library has been preserving the legacy and history of Bedford County, VA. Located in the former Masonic Hall in Centertown Bedford, it features three floors of exhibits. The first floor has the gift shop, Genealogical Library and the changing exhibit room, currently featuring the legacy of Representative Lacy Putney. The Library has approximately Read more...
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Ingles Farm

Visit Ingles Farm! Arguably one of the most historically significant sites in Virginia, Ingles Farm transports visitors back to the days of westward expansion, Native Americans, and the daily struggle to survive. The property was settled by William and his wife, Mary Draper Ingles, in the 1750’s. In addition to being a working farm, the Ingles’ built and operated a Read more...
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Mill Creek Nature Park

Mill Creek Nature Park is 140+ acres adjoining the Town of Narrows and Jefferson National Forest.  This property offers miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, beautiful water falls, and fishing for native trout in a pristine mountain stream (valid Virginia licenses required).  The park has a small picnic shelter as well as a hiker shelter near the reservoir.  Mill Creek Read more...
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Fincastle Library Genealogy Room

Botetourt County Library’s recently renovated Fincastle Branch now includes a room dedicated to genealogical research. The collections include family history books, Virginia County books, cemetery information and books on Virginia history. Files of loose materials are included in addition to the book collections. A computer with family tree software is availabile on which persons may add information about their families Read more...

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