Big Sandy River Valley

ID: 2231
This file appears in: Stratton Settlement

Solomon Stratton was an early settler in the Big Sandy River Valley. The valley is shown in this twentieth century postcard. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society.

This file appears in: Stratton Settlement

By Katie Crawford-Lackey
Historical Marker #690 in Floyd County remembers Solomon Stratton, founder of the Stratton Settlement. Solomon Stratton was born about 1745 in Amherst County, Virginia. During the Revolutionary…