Mary Draper Ingles was an American pioneer and early western Virginia settler who was captured in the summer of 1755 with her two young sons by Shawnee during the French and Indian War. She escaped after two and a half months and returned home after trekking almost 600 miles across the Appalachian Mountains. To honor Mary and many other women who survived capture and returned to their Virginia log cabin homes, in 1909 an obelisk was constructed of the chimney stones from her original cabin. It was placed in Radford's West End Cemetery. In addition, an elegant bronze statue of Mary Draper Ingles was created by artist Matt Langford and placed in the park overlooking the New River. Park also includes other contemporary sculptures and interpretative signage.
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