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DEVASTATION ALONG DAVIS CREEK IN NELSON COUNTY

A car in Nelson County remains hung up on an embankment after Davis Creek, at
right, flooded its banks and then receded. On the night of August 19-20,
1969,... More»

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BURIAL OF THE DEAD, 1609–1610

A dead colonist, a victim of the Starving Time during the winter of 1609–1610,
is removed from the fort... More»

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KEPONE CLEAN UP

Workers wearing protective gear clean the Life Sciences Products chemical plant
in Hopewell in preparation for the eventual razing... More»


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In Virginia History
in 1682
The General Assembly votes to pay Edward Chilton 20,000 pounds of tobacco for
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in 1863
Union general Benjamin F. Butler assumes command of the Department of Virginia
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EDWARDS, BALLARD T. (CA. 1828–1881)

Ballard T. Edwards represented Chesterfield and Powhatan counties for one term
in the House of Delegates (1869–1871). Born free in Manchester (later annexed by
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CRAB ORCHARD ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE

The Crab Orchard Archaeological Site is located in the mountainous area of
Southwest Virginia near Pisgah, on the Clinch River, about four miles west of
Tazewell, in Tazewell County....

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