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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6EV_mosbys-rock_Herndon-VA.html
Mosby's Rangers (43d Bn., Va. Cav.) used this rock as a rendezvous point and met here to divide the spoils after raids. The renowned Southern spy and scout Laura Ratcliffe, who lived nearby, showed this rock to Col. (then Captain) John S. Mosby, C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37T_frying-pan-meeting-house_Herndon-VA.html
Frying Pan Springs Meeting House was erected c. 1791 on land granted by Robert "Counsellor" Carter to a group of "Old School" Baptists. In addition to local farmers the fundamentalist beliefs of its members also attracted free blacks and slaves to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37S_frying-pan-meeting-house_Herndon-VA.html
This circa 1791 Baptist Churchstanding on its original siterepresents a continuous tributeto early religious freedom forslave and free together. Placed June 9, 1991 Freedom Hill ChapterNational SocietyDaughters of the American Revolution
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2W1_acetylene-gas-generating-station_Herndon-VA.html
Circa 1900. The Herndon Gas Company was established in the early 1900s by two brothers, Edward and Benjamin Detwiler. The company provided gas for downtown Herndon street lights and for lights in a few of the Town's more affluent households. Elect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT_frying-pan-meeting-house_Herndon-VA.html
The Frying Pan Meeting House, constructed by 1791 on land donated by the Carter family in 1783, was used for Baptist services until 1968. Named for nearby Frying Pan Branch, the church is a rare example of 18th-Century architecture in western Fair…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRI_mosbys-rock_Herndon-VA.html
The large boulder, located just south of here, served as an important landmark during the Civil War, when Col. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers (43d Battalion, Virginia Cavalry) assembled there to raid Union outposts, communications, and supply li…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE_laura-ratcliffe_Herndon-VA.html
Confederate spy Laura Ratcliffe was born inFairfax County in 1836. During the Civil War,she became an acquaintance of Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart who introduced her to then-Lt. John Mosby in 1862. Mosby credited her with preventing his capture early…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBM_tracks-into-history_Herndon-VA.html
The railroad that became the Washington & Old Dominion was born in Alexandria in response to the competition in shipping posed by the port in Baltimore, which was served by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The B&O was diverting farm produce from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBE_herndon-station_Herndon-VA.html
Herndon grew up around this railroad station. The town received its name in 1858 when the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railroad (later the W&OD) arrived and a post office was established in the newly built station. Herndon quickly became the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB6_mosbys-herndon-station-raid_Herndon-VA.html
On St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1863, Confederate Capt. John S. Mosby and 40 Partisan Rangers attacked the picket post of the 1st Vermont Cavalry guarding this station on the Alexandria, Loudoun and Hampshire Railroad. The detachment commander Lt.…
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