Meet at the Barter Fountain (across from Barter Theatre) at 7pm to start this tour. Wear comfy shoes!

How are the salt industry, Shangri-La, Daniel Boone, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the American Southwest all connected to Abingdon? Join local historian and Abingdon native, Garrett Jackson, on this walking tour of Abingdon’s known and little-known history. Learn how a small frontier town became a center for the arts, culture, politics, and religion in Southwest Virginia, and how it is connected to locations nationally and internationally.