Montgomery County / Pulaski County

(Obverse)

Montgomery County

Area 401 square miles

Formed in 1776 from Fincastle, and named for General Richard Montgomery, killed at Quebec, 1775. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute is in this county.

(Reverse)

Pulaski County

Area 333 square miles

Formed in 1839 from Wythe and Montgomery, and named for ...

New Santa Fe

In 1864 this village straddled the state line. The military road running north and south was ¼-mile west of the line. On October 23, 1864, General Sterling Price's wagon train moving southwest on this road turned south on the military ...

Oakland Academy

The educational center for this section for years, Oakland Academy was established in 1867, following the War Between the States, by Nathan T. Tabor and John E. Robeson, first teacher. Originally a private school, it was operated for many years ...

Founding of the Pan American Round Table

Mrs. Florence Terry Griswold (1875-1941), a native Texan reared along the Mexican border, provided aid to refugees of Mexico's 1910 revolution. On October 16, 1916, she and 21 friends met at the historic Menger Hotel to found the Pan American ...

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company

1851 - 1951

Commemorating the

100th Anniversary

of

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western

Railroad Company

Here in Scranton, Pennsylvania was conceived and brought to successful completion the first segment of what is now the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, on ...

Irwin County

This County, created by Acts of the Legislature December 15, 1818 and December 21, 1819, is named for Gov. Jared Irwin who served from 1806 to ‘09. He helped revised the State Constitution in 1789 and ‘98 and was famed ...

The National Road

The Road that Built a Nation

“. . . so many happy people, restless in the midst of abundance.” —Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840.

Americans are an adventurous people. From

past to present, they have used feet, horses,

wagons, stagecoaches, canals, railroads,

bicycles, automobiles, trucks and ...

Pearl Harbor Survivors Association, Inc.

Delaware Chapter One

Joseph S. Barbizzi, James C. Beuter, Cleyo E. Blanchard, Benjamin P. Bowings, George B. Buckalew, Sr., John J. Casey, Malcom T. Chandler, Casimir J. Chiczewski, Herbert D. Clifton, E. Hart Davis, James D. Davis, Joel W. Davis, Charles ...

Wildlife Migrations

In summer, pronghorn might be the only large mammals you see in this valley. In winter the wildlife picture changes dramatically. Herds of elk and bison, mule deer, and bighorn sheep descend from the snowy high country to look for ...

Heroes of the Alamo

This oak tree planted in the spring of 1965 in memory of the Heroes of the Alamo. Presented by the First Officers' Training Camp Association of Texas, Leon Springs, Texas, May 8...August 15, 1917.

Roster of First Campers filed in ...