Kay Moor Coal Company / Longdale Iron Company / Sonoco Products / Hercules / Covington National Bank / Low Moor Iron Company / Alleghany Brick Company / O. C&O / Bracket Company / Downer’s Hardware / Virginia Cress Company / Allegheny / John Jordan / Jenfab Inc / EM Nettleton & Company / Alleghany Regional Hospital Corporation / Pryor & Clark Company / Alleghany Milling Company / Alleghany-Covington Social Services / Mead Paper Company / Chesapeake / Clifton Forge Mutual Telephone Company / Westvaco / Covington Machine Company / H. O. Canfield / Covington Brick Company / Boxley Quary Company / Applied Extrusion Technologies / Industrial Rayon / Coke Cola Bottling Company / /
Nicely’s Funeral Home / Alleghany Memorial Hospital / Gladys Inn / Scott Hill Retirement Complex / Dolly Ann Camp / Farrar’s Drug Store / Humpback Bridge / Mizzy Plant / R. M. Loving Funeral Home / Covington Mill / Alleghany Regional Hospital / O Hospital / Averill’s Store / Dolly Ann CCC camp / Appomattox Courthouse / Dyke’s Funeral Home / Arritt’s Funeral Home / Covington Roller Mill / C&O Hospital / Fort Mann / Kanawha Canal / Rooklin’s Department Store / Fridley’s Pharmacy / Fort Young / Industrial Rayon Plant / Hercules plant / Company Planning Mill / /
Holiday
Commonwealth Day / /
IndustryTerm
multi school systems / basic telephone services / agriculture product / brick manufacturers / mined products / cement rock / garden products / telephone lines / railroad systems / food packaging / telegraph systems / mining / chief agricultural products / grown from providing basic telephone services / /
NaturalFeature
Cowpasture River / George Washington National Forest / Jackson River / County fall / Potts Creek / Dunlaps Creek / Jefferson National Forest / James River / Dunlap Creek / Peters Mountain / Falling Springs Valley / Great Lakes / Smith Creek / Appalachians / State Forest / Greenbrier River / Alleghany Highlands / Wilson Creek / Horse Mountain / National Forest / /
OperatingSystem
Fork / /
Organization
U.S. Forest Service / Alleghany County School / Alleghany Regional Hospital / Stonewall Brigade / Craft Center / Clifton Forge Division of the C&O / Alleghany Memorial Hospital / Alleghany Highlands Arts Council / Alleghany Foundation / American Red Cross / Virginia Legislature / C&O Hospital / American Legion / Civilian Conservation Corps / Virginia Department of Transportation / BACOVA Guild / /
Person
Beirne / George Washington / McAllister / Roosevelt / Robert E. Lee / Peter Covington / William Firmstone / Leonard Covington / Dolly Ann Furnace / Jane Colby / /
Position
President / General / surgeon / dairy producer / Carpenter / Colonel / /
ProvinceOrState
Alleghany County / West Virginia / Ohio / Monroe / Bath / Virginia / Botetourt / Craig County / /
History Many changes over the years have made major impacts on the Alleghany Highlands. The history of the Highlands is the backbone of our area not only as far as industry and business are