Douthat State Park
This park was developed by the National Park Service, Interior Department, through the Civilian Conservation Corps, in conjunction with the Virginia Conservation Commission. It covers nearly 4,500 acres and was opened, June 15, 1936. It lies in a region once extensively devoted to iron smelting.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionUSGS Historical Topographic Map CollectionDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryBarry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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