Donkeys for Sale near Marion, VA

About Marion, VA

Marion College, a two-year Lutheran women's college, operated from 1873 to 1967. Marion College, constructed in 1968 and named in honor of Francis Marion, is a women's residence hall at Roanoke College. Sherwood Anderson (1876-1941), the well-known American author who strongly influenced the style of writing in the United States between World Wars I and II, was a Marion, Virginia resident for several years, and is buried in the town's Round Hill Cemetery. His writing greatly influenced and impacted other notable authors such as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner, both of whom owe the first publication of their books directly to his efforts. Marion is known for being the birthplace of the soft drink Mountain Dew, but the original drink was created in Knoxville, Tennessee.