Ingles Ferry

Ingles Ferry
Ingles Ferry Tavern
Location Radford, Virginia, USA
Coordinates 37°6′3″N 80°35′30″W / 37.10083°N 80.59167°W / 37.10083; -80.59167Coordinates: 37°6′3″N 80°35′30″W / 37.10083°N 80.59167°W / 37.10083; -80.59167
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1772
NRHP reference # 69000275[1]
VLR # 077-0013
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 25, 1969
Designated VLR May 13, 1969[2]

Ingles Ferry is a historic tavern near the city of Radford in Pulaski County, Virginia, Virginia, United States.

William and Mary Ingles began developing a farm on the eastern side of the New River a few years after Mary's capture by Shawnee Indians and subsequent escape in 1755. Around 1762, William obtained a license to operate a ferry at the site of the current tavern.

There were a number of instances when Indians attacked the farm and ferry.[3]

Thomas Ingles, grandson of William and Mary Draper Ingles, built a bridge across the New River at Ingles Ferry in 1840. Although the first bridge across the river, it was destroyed during the Civil War.[4]


The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register.[5][6]

See also


Bibliography

  • Fitzpatrick, Francis Burke. History of Ingles Ferry - 1937. Washington, District of Columbia: Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1990. Notes: Microfilm of original typescript (1937, carbon or mimeograph, 65 leaves). Contains history of Ingles Ferry and settlement and biographical sketches of Colonel William Ingles and Mary Draper Ingles.
  • John Preston McConnell Library. James Zoll Ingles Ferry Store Ledgers: [Finding Aid]. Radford, Va: McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections, 2011. Summary: This contains two ledgers and a few supporting documents from a store owned by James Zoll that was at or near the site of Ingles Ferry near Radford, and operated ca. 1850-1870s.
  • Killen, Linda. Ingles Ferry Ledgers: 1840's to 1880's. [Virginia?]: [L. Killen], 1999. Notes: Includes index. Description: 96 pages; 28 cm. Responsibility: transcribed by Linda Killen.


References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. ↑ History of the Great Kanawha Valley [West Virginia: With Family History and Biographical Sketches : a Statement of Its Natural Resources, Industrial Growth and Commercial Advantages]. Westminster, Md: Heritage Books, 2007. Pages 84-93.
  4. ↑ Hale, John P. Trans-Allegheny Pioneers: Historical Sketches of the First White Settlements West of the Alleghenies, 1748 and After. [Place of publication not identified: Clearfield, 2002. Page 114.
  5. ↑ Virginia Outdoors Foundation Retrieved 16 July 2010
  6. ↑ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (May 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ingles Ferry" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying two photos
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