Peaks of Otter Road

Peaks of Otter Road is a Virginia historical marker in Bedford (Ind. City) County, dedicated 1946.

Rte. 221, at Peaks Street intersection

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This road was followed by General Hunter when he crossed the Blue Ridge at the Peaks of Otter and came to Bedford en route to Lynchburg, June 16, 1864.

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Historical maps covering this location

1847 · Virginia (H. S. Tanner, 1847) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1869 · Colton's West Virginia (1869) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1891 · Bedford, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Middle Virginia and North Carolina, 1864, covering the location of Peaks of Otter Road, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Middle Virginia and North Carolina, 1864, covering this location. Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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