Number of births to Pulaski County residents in 2004: 345

Number of Pulaski County residents who died in 2004: 406

Pulaski County was created from portions of Montgomery and Wythe counties on March 30, 1839, when Pulaski County became the 87th county of the commonwealth of Virginia. The county was named in honor of Count Casimir Pulaski, an exiled Polish nobleman who came to America and joined George Washington’s army in 1777.

In 1864 Confederate troops fought the Union army at the Battle of Cloyd’s Farm in Pulaski County. Two future U.S. presidents fought at the Battle of Cloyd’s Farm — Lt. Col. Rutherford B. Hayes and Lt. William McKinley, both of the 23rd Ohio Regiment.

According to local legend, Bloomer Mountain got its name because it has a reputation as a lovers’ lane where young women leave their — ahem — “bloomers” behind.

Pulaski County was home to former Virginia Governor J. Hoge Tyler, elected in 1898. During his administration a new state constitution was written. Gov. Tyler’s old home, Belle-Hampton, still stands today in the Back Creek area of the county.

Pulaski County is home to NFL kicker Shayne Graham, who plays for the Cincinnati Bengals. He graduated from Pulaski High School and Virginia Tech. He holds the Bengals’ team record for field goal accuracy.

The town of Dublin celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2006.

Legend has it that the Wilderness Road Regional Museum in Newbern is haunted. Museum workers have reported seeing things move on their own and hearing sounds upstairs. The spooky stories offer two suggestions as to the identity of the ghost. It could be a man who was killed for cheating in a card game that took place upstairs in the main building, which dates to 1810. Or, the ghost could be one of two people who were hanged at the town’s old jail, just down the street from the museum.