Good article. I grew up within a couple of miles from the Moore Monument in Abbs Valley and it has taken me sixty ump-teen years and, couple of tours around the world and twenty-five years living in California to learn about my family heritage and the history of SW Virginia. I get so darn tired of hearing about Sutter's Fort and the Forty Niners (Gold Rush and Football variety. Robert Crabtree, formerly of Tazewell County, VA.