Historical highway markers

Coming of the Railroad

Historical highway marker A-80 · Botetourt County

Near here took place the historic meeting of John C. Moomaw and C. M. Thomas that led to the termination of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad at Big Lick (now Roanoke), April, 1881. This was the beginning of the city of Roanoke.

Virginia State Library, 1954