Coming of the Railroad

Coming of the Railroad is a Virginia historical marker in Botetourt County, dedicated 1954.

Rte. 11, pulloff on south end of bridge over Mill Creek

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Near here took place the historic meeting of John C. Moomaw and C. M. Thomas that led to the termination of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad at Big Lick (now Roanoke), April, 1881. This was the beginning of the city of Roanoke.

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1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1869 · Colton's West Virginia (1869) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1890 · Roanoke, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1891 · Bedford, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1891 · Roanoke, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Colton's West Virginia (1869), 1869, covering the location of Coming of the Railroad, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Colton's West Virginia (1869), 1869, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Coming of the Railroad

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