Burke's Garden

Tazewell County · dedicated 1993 · Burkes Garden Road at intersection with Back Road

Known for its fertility and great natural beauty, the bowl-shaped Burke's Garden is the highest valley in Virginia. James Burke discovered it during the 1740s while hunting and settled here about 1754. After four years Burke and his family moved to North Carolina, where he died in 1783. The threat of Indian attack and the remoteness of the area discouraged permanent white settlement until the early 19th century.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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