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Appalachian
African-American Cultural & Community Development Center
230 N. Leona St., Pennington Gap
24277
(276) 546-5144 or (276) 546-1981
1939 one-room school for African-American children; tapes, pictures, and
school records.
Call for an appointment.
Hensley
Settlement
Route 58 west to Route 724 at
Ewing, eight mile hike to settlement, Ewing 24248
(606) 248-2817
Restored early-1900s farm settlement on Cumberland Mountain; hiking and
horseback riding.
Lee
County Chamber of Commerce
Church and Main St., Suite 206,
Jonesville 24263
(276) 546-2233
Local information.
Open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-4:30pm.
Lee County
Courthouse
Main St., Jonesville 24263
(276) 346-7763
Historical records.
Open Mon-Fri, 8:30am-5pm; Sat, 8:30am-12pm.
Lee
County Historical Society
P.O. Box 231, Jonesville 24263
Local history and preservation.
Lee
County Public Library
Joslyn Ave., Pennington Gap 24277
(276) 546-1141
Genealogical resources.
Open Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat, 9am-5pm; Tues, 12-8pm; Thurs, 12-8pm; Sun, 2-5pm.
Long
Hollow Log School Museum
Lee County High School, Jonesville
24263
1858 log school.
Wilderness
Road State Park
Route 2, Box 115, Route 58 West,
Ewing 24248
(276) 445-3807
Visitor Center has museum and theater with 18 minute film "Birth of a
Nation" depicting the settlers move westward through the Cumberland Gap in
the late eighteenth century. An authentic, reconstructed frontier fort,
Martin's Station, is on site. Renactors portray living history
(seasonal). Picnic shelters and the "Wilderness Road Trail", a 10 mile
linear trail that connects to the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park.
Open 8am-sunset.
Cowan Mill
Route 698, c/o Lee County Chamber
of Commerce, P.O. Box 417, Pennington Gap 24248
(276) 546-2233
Gristmill built in 1890.
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