The Saltville Valley can date its human occupation back 14,000 years.
Prehistoric creatures visited the valley, attracted by the
extensive salt deposits.
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.
Click here to read more about
the valley's salt history and its history as a company town.
The Saltville Foundation
sponsors paleontological and archeological research in
the Saltville area.
Museum Admission Fees
Adults: $3
Seniors: $2
Children 6-12 yrs: $2
Children under 6 yrs: free
Senior Groups: $1 per person
Student Groups: $1 per person
Welcome to the Museum of the Middle Appalachians
Visit our Geology,
Ice Age, Woodland Indians, Civil War and Company
Town exhibits.
The Museum has a
collection of more than 4,000 photos, available
at its Museum Store.
The Museum Store
has books relating to the Ice Age, Civil War, Native
Americans, the local geology and the history of
Saltville.
Jeff Toalson, Author of
Send Me a Pair of Old Boots & Kiss My Little Girls - The
Civil War Letters of Richard and Mary Watkins, 1861-1865
Saturday May 18 at 2:00 p.m.
Click here
for details and to learn more about our guest speaker
program and special events.
June 2 – 29, 2013
Paleontological Dig:
Dr. Blaine Schubert will direct a research excavation in
Saltville’s Well Fields
Friends
of the Museum of the Middle Appalachians
Friends of the Museum
of the Middle Appalachians meet on the 3rd Thursday of
each month at 7:00 PM in the Museum's meeting room.
Replica of cabin where
Patrick Henry's sister lived and other historic
buildings
Explore the scenic beauty of the valley,
surrounding hills and mountains.
See two steam locomotives.
Two
Historic Civil War Battle Sites
Saltville was extremely important to the Confederacy during the
Civil War. The Union wanted to destroy Saltville because
it was the primary source of salt for the South.
At that time salt was the primary method of preserving
food .
Two Civil War battles were fought in Saltville -- the
first was fought on October 2, 1864 and resulted in the
defeat a Union army of 5,200 men. The second
battle on December 20, 1864, resulted in the capture of
Saltville and it's saltworks by
the Union army. Click
here to learn more.
Saltville was extremely important to the Confederacy during the
Civil War. The Union wanted to destroy Saltville because
it was the primary source of salt for the South.
At that time salt was the primary method of preserving
food .