Draper's Meadow massacre
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The Draper's Meadow Massacre was an attack in July 1755, when the Draper's Meadow settlement in southwest Virginia, at the site of present-day Blacksburg, was raided by a group of Shawnee warriors, wh
Reconstructed 18th-century pioneer cabin on Smithfield Plantation, near the site of the Draper's Meadow Massacre in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Draper's Meadow Massacre memorial in Blacksburg, Virginia
Memorial plaque to Colonel James Patton and pioneers killed at Draper's Meadow Massacre.
Campus of Virginia Tech
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The main part of the campus of Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia; the central campus is roughly bordered by Prices Fork Road to the northwest, Plantation Road to the west, Main Street t
Draper's Meadow massacre
…and the children buried." The location of the graves of those killed in the massacre remains unknown, but it is believed to be in the vicinity of the Duck Pond on the campus of Virginia Tech. There is no record of their burial site among documents by William Preston and other members of his family. In mid-October…
Burruss Hall, the main administration building and iconic symbol of the Virginia Tech Blacksburg campus
Cowgill Hall with Burchard Hall in the foreground
Norris Hall
Joseph F. Ware, Jr.