The history of the Revolution can be felt everywhere in Virginia, from the mountains to the beaches. Learn about the American Revolution and Independence and how Virginia helped shape our nation at these attractions and museums.
Bush MillScott County
The historic Bush Mill takes you back to a time when people lived simpler lives, when millwrights and craftsmen used Scott County's abundant natural resources - limestone, wood, water and hilly terrain - to build overshot, water-powered grist mills w... Read More
Daniel Boone Wilderness TrailScott County
One of the nation's most historic routes, the trail was blazed by the legendary frontiersman in 1775 and has become the route for hundreds of thousands of settlers of the western frontier. The driving tour follows the Wilderness Trail to Cumberland G... Read More
Flanary Archeological SiteScott County
The Flanary archaeological site contains stratified deposits dating to the Archaic and Late Woodland periods of Indian settlement. Well-preserved Archaic period deposits (8000 to 1000 B.C.) occur rarely in the western portion of the state, and the si... Read More
Fulkerson-Hilton HouseScott County
Built in 1783 by Abraham Fulkerson after serving in the Revolutionary War including the Battle of Kings Mountain as part of the Overmountain Men, Fulkerson's homestead established his life and destiny on the early frontier including being the first c... Read More
Gate City Historic DistrictScott County
The Gate City Historic District in the Scott County seat is a five-block area that emerged as a vital commercial hub for the surrounding countryside beginning in the 19th century. While settlement in the area began in the second half of the 18th cent... Read More
Kilgore Fort HouseScott County
The Kilgore Fort House in Scott County is a two-story timber building with gable roof and rests on a limestone foundation. On the northeast gable end is a massive stone chimney laid in lime mortar with two insets or splays that narrow the stone pile ... Read More
Moccasin GapScott County
Before Europeans improved it as the road to Kentucky, the main trail connecting the Cherokee Indians in the Great Smoky Mountains with the Shawnee in Ohio ran through Moccasin Gap on its way to Cumberland Gap. Settlers started coming through Moccasin... Read More
Natural Tunnel State ParkScott County
Natural Tunnel State Park is named after the one-million-year-old cave which runs under Purchase Ridge, allowing Stock Creek to go in one side and out the other. A railroad has taken advantage of this natural passage to follow the path of the creek, ... Read More