Highway to War

Historical marker location:

8883 Highland Turnpike, McDowell, Virginia

( Marker is on Virginia Route 645 just north of Highland Turnpike (U.S. 250), on the left when traveling north.)

Staunton and Parkersburg Turnpike.

The first African American governor in the United States, L. Douglas Wilder, was elected in Virginia in 1989.