Things To Do in Atkins, Virginia

A visit to The Settler's Museum of Southwest Virginia is like stepping one hundred years into the past. Visit this 67 acre open air museum and learn the story of the people who settled the area. Vi... More on Virginia.org

On this 67 acre, restored 19th-century living history farm, visitors can explore a farmhouse, schoolhouse, and eight original outbuildings. A visit to The Settler's Museum of Southwest Virginia is ... More on Heritage

Inscription. Throughout 1864, Federal raids against the Confederate infrastructure in East Tennessee and Southwest Virginia attempted to destroy iron and lead mines, salt works and railroads. The Virginia & Tennessee Railroad, the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Royal Oak, home of Arthur Campbell, Indian fighter and Revolutionary leader who settled here in 1769, stood three hundred yards south. The house was a neighborhood fort and in it, in 1832, the first court of Smyth County ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Col. William Elisha Peters, 21st Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A. is buried in the cemetery to your left. He was born on August 28, 1829, in Bedford County, Virginia, attending New London Academy there, then entered Emory and ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here, on December 17-18, 1864, General Stoneman, raiding to Saltville, fought an engagement with John C. Breckinridge, Confederate commander in southwest Virginia. , Erected 1927 by Conservation & Development Commission. ... More on HMDB

THE RIDE OF MARTIN GAMBILL David Andrew Sturgill Alleghany Genealogical�"Historical Society, Inc. Sparta, NC In 1775 a Boston silversmith named Paul Revere made a night ride of about ten miles to w... More on Nps.gov

Inscription. Arthur Campbell, a military and political leader, was born in Augusta County in 1743. In 1758 during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), Campbell was captured by the Wyandot Indians alig... More on HMDB

Behind the Marion Fire Department stands a very old oak tree. The tears that were shed on its bark have long since been washed away. They were the tears of a six year old child, purchased as a slave by Thomas Thurman in the 1840?s. ... More on Virginia.org