VIRGINIA HISTORY TRAILS: INNOVATION TRAIL

From Jamestown craftsmen to NASA engineers, Virginians have been on the cutting edge of technological innovation. Below is a list of sites and stories on the Innovation themed trail on History Trails.

Central Virginia

• Blue Ridge Tunnel, Afton, VA • Central State Hospital, Petersburg, VA • First Tobacco Shipment, Chester, VA • Monacan Indians, Amherst, VA • Monticello, Charlottesville, VA • Richmond Coalfields, Midlothian, VA • Sarah Garland Boyd Jones, Richmond, VA

Chesapeake Bay

• Sally Louisa Tompkins, Mathews, VA

Coastal

• Cape Charles Museum, Cape Charles, VA • , Fort Story, VA • Bridge-Tunnel, Virginia Beach, VA • Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA • Eastern State Hospital, Williamsburg, VA • Elizabeth Jordan Carr, Norfolk, VA • Mariner’s Museum & Park, Newport News, VA • NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Chincoteague, VA • Pat Robertson, Virginia Beach, VA • Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Portsmouth, VA • Sir William & Frances Berkely, Williamsburg, VA • Toast the Coast Virginia: Beer, Wine, and Shine Trail, Newport News, VA • Virginia & Tobacco, , VA • of London, Jamestown Settlement, VA • William Parks, Williamsburg, VA • Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA

Northern Virginia

• Mary Randolph/ Virginia House-Wife, Bermuda, VA • NASM’s Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA • Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA

Shenandoah Valley

• McCormick Farm & Workshop, Raphine, VA • Nelson 151 Trail, Lovingston, VA • Virginia School for the Deaf & Blind, Staunton, VA • Virginia Wine Trails, Washington, VA

Southern Virginia

• H.T. Klugel Architectural Building, Emporia, VA

Southwest Virginia

• Carter Family Music Center, Hiltons, VA • Louis E. Henegar Miners Park, Appalachia, VA • Museum of the Middle Appalachians, Saltville, VA • Virginia’s Coal Heritage Trail, Appalachia, VA

Virginia Mountains

• Alleghany Historical Society, Covington, VA