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14,000 BP

The Saltville Valley can date its human occupation back 14,000 years. Prehistoric creatures visited the valley, attracted by the extensive salt deposits.

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A.D. 1000-1500

A Woodland Indian village was located at the eastern end of the valley.

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1700s

Two of Patrick Henry's sisters moved into the Saltville Valley in the 1780's and began the commercial production of salt. This production continued unabated for the next 200 years.

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The Saltville Foundation sponsors paleontological and archeological research in the Saltville area.

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Fossils from the late Pleistocene Epoch have been found in the Saltville Valley since the late 1700's and are still being found during paleo-archeological Ice Age Exhibit at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians, photo by Mike Pierry, Jr.

Ice Age Exhibit at the Museum of the Middle Appalachians, photo by Mike Pierry, Jr.

excavations held each summer in the Saltville Valley. Included on display from these excavations are bones and fossils of the mastodon, woolly mammoth, musk ox, black bear, horse, small mammals, birds, and fish.

The Ice Age Exhibit also features full-sized casts of a mastodon, woolly mammoth skull, and a giant beaver. Visit the Museum soon to learn more about the unique ice age history of the Saltville Valley.

Read about a new discovery made during the Summer 2006 Saltville Dig!

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