Highest point on U.S. Route 21 and 52, elevation 3,405 feet. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Over this pass at Mt. Walker Lookout, Union Cavalry under Colonel John T. Toland raided to Wytheville to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railway (N. & W.) July 1863. Mary Tynes, a girl of the neighborhood, rode ahead to warn the people. When the raiders reached Wytheville they were repulsed by home guards and Toland was killed." Published by Genuine Curteich. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)

Big Bend Lookout in Jefferson National Forest From Mt. Walker Lookout, Between Wytheville, Va. and Bluefield, W. Va.

Identifier:: 044892
Title:: Big Bend Lookout in Jefferson National Forest From Mt. Walker Lookout, Between Wytheville, Va. and Bluefield, W. Va.
Description:: Highest point on U.S. Route 21 and 52, elevation 3,405 feet. Caption on back of postcard reads: "Over this pass at Mt. Walker Lookout, Union Cavalry under Colonel John T. Toland raided to Wytheville to destroy the Virginia and Tennessee Railway (N. & W.) July 1863. Mary Tynes, a girl of the neighborhood, rode ahead to warn the people. When the raiders reached Wytheville they were repulsed by home guards and Toland was killed." Published by Genuine Curteich. (From postcard collection legacy system--Non-WV.)
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: postcard
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView