What Virginian explorer passed through an area near the Clinch River?
Flanary Archeological Site Flanary Archeological Site is a historic archaeological site located near Dungannon in Scott County, Virginia, United States. Located across the Clinch River from Dungannon, the site was inhabited as early as 6000 BC and remained in periodic use into the Woodland period, with occupation potentially continuing until c. AD 1600. The terminus ad quem for occupation is 1750, when Thomas Walker's expedition passed through the area and found no Indian villages. Excavations conducted in 1977 in preparation for the construction of a bridge revealed that the village site, featuring posthole patterns indicating a palisade surrounding the village, lay primarily south of the bridge in the vicinity of a 1764 log cabin.
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area Mount Rogers National Recreation Area is a United States National Recreation Area (NRA) located in southwestern Virginia near the border with Tennessee and North Carolina. The centerpiece of the recreation area is the Lewis Fork Wilderness containing Mount Rogers, the highest point in the state of Virginia with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1746 m). The recreation area is under the jurisdiction of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The recreation area was established by an act of the United States Congress on May 31, 1966.