Revolutionary War Dead

1775 1783

In memory of these valiant men who served their country in the Revolutionary War and who are buried in this churchyard.

Erected by the Orange Mountain Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

1931

Marker is on Main Street (Route 659) near Scotland Road ...

Natural Tunnel: Railroading and Recreation

As early as 1852, railroaders, local merchants, and mineral speculators knew Natural Tunnel would be the most economical rail route to the coal fields of Lee County and the western part of present day Wise County, because the Tunnel would ...

Dispatch Rider of the American Revolution

This statue was dedicated Friday, June 14th, 1907, centennial of first town meeting of Orange, also the 130th Anniversary of the adoption of the Stars and Stripes as our national emblem. In memory of the men and women of this ...

Valente Building

Built about 1891 of local lava rock by James Valente, custom bootmaker & dealer in hats. His boots brought the then high cost of $10.00 & wore well for years. After his demise, his widow Kate, continued sales with aid ...

The Copper Creek Railroad Trestles

The Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway built the taller of the two structures which stand before you in 1908. At 167 feet over the Copper Creek-Clinch River junction, the Copper Creek Viaduct was then one of the tallest railroad bridges ...

Arnold’s Picket Driven In

Arnold’s

Picket driven in

Jany 4th 1781

By

Col. J. Nicholas

(south face)

This pylon, re-created in granite and containing a replica of the original 1834 inscription, was re-dedicated April 17, 1991, by the Sons of the Revolution in the State of Virginia

(west face)

The central pylon ...

Brig. Gen. A. M. Manigault’s Brigade

On July 22, 1864,

Brig. Gen. A. M. Manigault’s Brigade, Hindman’s Div., Cheatham’s Corps, advancing

eastward from the Atlanta fortifications against the Federal 15th Corps posted at DeGress Ave., halted in this ravine to reform their line, preparatory to the ...

Santa Cruz de la Cañada / Santa Cruz Plaza on the Camino Real

(side one)

Santa Cruz de la Cañada

In 1695, Governor Diego de Vargas founded his first town, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, designed to protect the Spanish frontier north of Santa Fe. The church, which still stands, was constructed in the 1730s. ...

First United Methodist Church of Bartlett

Organized between 1870 and 1875 as the Indian Creek Church, this congregation moved to Bartlett about 1885. Services were held in a store, schoolhouse, and Baptist church before construction of a Methodist church in 1890. Built in 1896, the present ...

M.M. Long’s Livery Stable and Opera House

When M.M. Long and his family moved here from Bastrop in the 1860s, the first floor of this structure served as the livery stable for Long’s Austin to Burnet and Lampasas stage line. On the second floor Long ran an ...