Town of Saltville, VA - Promo Video
Saltville, VA is a good community full of good people. It’s just a hidden gem. The people welcome you with open arms. Saltville has such a rich history that dates back to the 1790’s as far as human history and just a breath of pre-historic history. The Museum of the Middle Appalachians came about and blossomed really in the mid to late 1990’s. The museum is something that people are not expecting when they come here. A lot of it is based upon the some of the archaeological digs that some of the local students have did in town. You can come in and cool off and step back through 30,000 years of history. You can bring your 5 year old to the museum and spend it there all day. If you are a Civil War buff and there is a lot buffs in the country, this is the place that you’ve heard about that you really need to come see. So what do you do in Saltville? Walking Saltville in the mornings is a favorite thing to do among some locals. You can see the fog and the steam lift off the mountains in the town and it’s absolutely beautiful. Saltville is one of favorite places to come when you are feeling ‘beachy’ because they have a wave pool. You can get on an inner-tube and just float around and the ride the waves for about 10 minutes and you can also get a good abdominal workout but then the waves are turned off and you can just chill out on a inner tube and just lay there and enjoy the water. Right now in the town of Saltville you are allowed to drive a golf cart within the town limits at under 25 MPH. The golf course in Saltville is a nine hole course but it actually plays for 18 holes. You play the front nine on the white tees, the back nine you play the blue tees. Typically with the golf course right in the middle of town you are central to everything. The oldest municipal golf course in the state of VA. Saltville always has the carnival come into town in July put on by the Lions Club and it starts on a Tuesday night and runs until Saturday. The labor day celebration festival is a four day festival. Kicks off on a Friday with local entertainment, Saturday night is usually 70’s and 80’s music, Sunday has music that is Gospel and of course on Monday is the big big national act that comes in and typically draws in around 15,000 people. If you want to step out of town just a little bit Tumbling Creek and the ride up to Laurel Bed Lake is absolutely beautiful. Clinch Mountains is just an amazing drive. Big Tumbling Creek is a great place to go trout fishing, hiking, hunting. Laurel Bed Lake is a great place to spend the day kayaking. If you really want to get away from everything that is one of the go to spots. Not only does it have kayaking but it also does have fishing as well. You can go to Red Rocks where you are looking down at the tops of 200 foot tall trees. Look around Saltville, it’s beautiful. There’s all kinds of different places you can go exploring. Good memories and good people. You know your neighbors. There’s a lot of things to do, come see us in Saltville. Come spend the day with us in Saltville. Ya’ll come to Saltville and see what we’ve got to offer. Put your boots on, take your time, hey we’ll see ya’ll there.
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Tour of Historic Saltville, Virginia
Known as the Salt Capital of the Confederacy the town of Saltville is located in Smyth County, Virginia, in the southwestern part of the state. There is quite a bit to see in this town if you enjoy history. There are old Civil War forts, old salt furnaces, restored locomotives, old battle sites and the Museum of the Middle Appalachians is located there too. One of many of Virginia's Civil War Trails is located here as well. During our time there we only saw a small part of what this town has to offer, hopefully we will visit this town again in the future.
American Mastodon Fossils Discovered in 1885
Mastodon remains dug from the railroad cut and drainage ditches on the west side of the old brine field Saltville Smyth County Virginia. Geologist J.J. Stephenson gave these bones to Emory & Henry College in 1885. They were donated to Museum of the Middle Appalachians Saltville VA in December 2000.
Blue Ridge Mountains - Cascade Highlands Tourism Assoc.
Escape to the Blue Ridge Mountains, a southwest Va. and northwest NC destination. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to majestic valleys and foothills, the Blue Ridge should be the backdrop for your next vacation. Our mountains and rivers are among some of the oldest in the world. Whether you prefer an active day of cycling, paddling, fishing, hunting, hiking or equestrian or a relaxing evening on the back porch or around a campfire, our region beckons. Or come tour and enjoy the vineyards and wineries that beckon throughout the Yadkin Valley wine region and Virginia's Mountain Road Wine Experience.
This video includes: Raffaldini Vineyards, Mount Airy, Andy Griffith Museum, RagApple Lassie Vineyards, Sanders Ridge Vineyard, Saltville, Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Stone Mountain State Park, New River Trail, Pilot Mountain, Marion, Va., Francis Marion Hotel, Squad Car Tours, Snappy Lunch, and Galax.
Emma Grace Thompson - The Saltville Massacre and the Civil War in Southwest Virginia
Adviser: Prof. Matthew Shannon, History
For the past two years Emma Grace has researched the American Civil War in Southwest Virginia with a primary focus on African-American soldiers. She compiled information about the war and an incident which took place in 1864 known as “the Saltville Massacre,” during which African-American Union soldiers were intentionally killed in the original Wiley Hall structure on the Emory & Henry College campus. “For many, even in this region, this tragedy is often forgotten,” Thompson said. “I hope that my research and presentation bring it to the forefront.”
Save Our Towns Season Two, Episode 5
This episode of Save Our Towns will take you on a trip back to the Ice Age as we visit the town of Saltville, Virginia. We also don our hiking boots to join Robert Dickerson, mayor of Pearisburg, Virginia, on a hike up a mountain.
This episode also features an expert tip from Suzanne Moomaw of the University of Virginia, who says that a mayor can help a town believe in itself.
Evening Hike - July 16, 2012 (Preview)
Evening hike near Felton, California on July 16, 2012.
This is 2 unedited clips from 7-16-12 of a bigfoot sighting as a preview of what's coming. Here's the story...
I returned to Felton and my friend Ray went along (Ray is from American Samoa, 65 years old, Army Veteran). We stopped at the Bigfoot Museum for a short while. There were 3 groups of customers, so we didn't stay long. We next drove down to where my last few videos have been made.
Ray claims he saw a 7 foot bigfoot 25 feet away from him in the brush, no bs.
We were approaching the pond, but I wanted to return to the car to get my small binoculars so I could better see the turtles in the middle of the pond. I told Ray to go to the pond edge and look for footprints in the mud. I assumed he would just stay in the open area, but instead Ray followed the edge around to the right into the brush. About 25 foot in, Ray got tired and sat down on a tree branch (he was facing the pond). Two women and a kid who I had just talked to at the car had just arrived at the pond, so Ray thought he'd be a smart ass and do a weird whistle sound to scare them. Then behind Ray something made a low grunt / growl sound. Ray turned to his left to look behind him and saw a dark hairy animal about 25 foot further into the brush along the edge of the pond. It was sitting on it's butt with a small tree branch (like a sapling) in it's hand, like it had been eating the leaves until interrupted by Ray sitting down. Ray got scared, picked up a small stick and threw it like a spear towards the still sitting thing. It then stood up and walked away from Ray further into the brush on two legs. It was dark in color, about 7 foot, big upper body, long arms, covered in hair, no clothing.
The women were just leaving the pond when I arrived. I told them they might see my friend up ahead on the trail. They said no, they heard him to our right in the bushes. I'm thinking no, that couldn't be Ray, he had shorts and sandals on. He'd never go into the bushes like that. Well, guess what, he did.
I looked around a little at the spot in the bushes while Ray described what had happened, then we exited and I phoned the Bigfoot Museum, that was at 4:30pm. When I had returned to the car was about 4:10pm, so the whole thing happened within about 20 minutes.
They closed the museum half an hour early at 5:30pm and the 4 of us spent the next 2+ hours walking thru the bushes by the pond investigating. We found a posibble footprint, trails thru the grass, areas where something large had laid down and Mike Rugg found some odd looking poop. I took a lot of video, it'll take me a few more days to edit and upload to YouTube.
While we were waiting for Mike and Ralph to arrive, I video interviewed Ray and asked a lot of questions while this was fresh in his mind. He says he saw it like described above. This was the first time for Ray to be in the mountains and he says he had never seen the Finding Bigfoot TV show. I believe him. Should be an interesting video. What a day.
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Bigfoot Discovery Museum
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Haunted Highlands In Hampton Roads & Across Virginia
Obscure history and folk tales abound across the Commonwealth of Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Join Author Joe Tennis and the Norfolk Historic Society on a journey of legends and ghost stories from Norfolk, VA and all along Route 58 including true tales from beach to bluegrass with a great railroads story in-between.
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Beach to Bluegrass: Traveling Virginia Highway 58
An insider's guide to places to brake along one of Virginia's most historic and fun to drive routes.
Joe Tennis, author of “Beach to Bluegrass: An Illustrated Collection of Virginia stories and photos following 500 miles of Highway 58”