Cheap Things To Do in Bristol, Virginia

The library contains a special collection of local history, including family charts and histories ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Exhibits Showcasing African artifacts, local black memorabilia, slavery, and family herlooms. Open Saturdays 1:00 to ... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. Evan Shelby, noted Indian fighter, settled here about 1765 on a tract called "Sapling Grove". His home was a neighborhood fort, the refuge of settlers in Indian attacks. Bristol grew around this place and became an early ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Presented by Col. J. M. Barker of Bristol, Tenn. to the Chapter of the U. D. C. in memory of the brave men and noble women of Tennessee and Virgina from 1861 to 1865, , Erected 1920. , Location. 36° 35.707′ ... More on HMDB

Description Among the topics that continue to increase in interest throughout the region would include the antiquarian study of the early settlers to the Holston Region that participated in one of ... More on Visitbristoltnva.org

Inscription. Dedicated to the hundreds of patriots from this area who fought in the American Revolution (1775 1783). When the war in the north came to a stalemate by early 1780, the British turned ... More on HMDB

Emmanuel Episcopal Church is located in the Solar Hill Historic District in Bristol, Virginia. It was designed according to the same plan as a 13th century church at Sulgrave Manor in Northampton, England, an ancestral home of George ... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. Ralph S. Peer was born in 1892 in Independence, Missouri. He grew up in the record business, working in the shop where his father sold phonographs and recordings for the Columbia Graphophone Company. After service in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. General Evan Shelby erected a fort here in 1771 that sheltered and protected pioneers and sent victorious forces to the battles of Point Pleasant, Long Island Flats and Chicamauga Towns, Here was conceived by Shelby, ... More on HMDB