Historic marker No. 43-K: “Evan Shelby, noted Indian fighter, settled here about 1765 on a tract called ‘Sapling Grove.’ His home was a neighborhood fort, the refuge of settlers in Indian attacks. Bristol grew around this place and became an early railroad center.”  Virginia Conservation & Development Commission, 1927.

GPS coordinates: +36° 35′ 42.28″, -82° 10′ 49.64″

Photos June 2012 by Sharon Steele-Smith.