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Ettrick stands on the site of an Appomattox Indian village burned in 1676 during Bacon's Rebellion, on land that belonged to "Ettrick Banks" and "Matoax," the boyhood plantation of John Randolph of Roanoke. In 1810, Campbell's Bridge connected Ettrick with Petersburg and hastened development of mills on the river. Virginia State University, formerly known as The Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, was established here in 1882.
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Ettrick, Virginia · United States
