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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UD6_morris-fisher-stack-historical_Reedville-VA.html
This stack was constructed around 1902 by the Morris-Fisher Co. At the time it was the largest commercial fish processing plant in the United States. In 2011, after years of weather and extensive lightning damage, the stack was restored under the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G3G_the-war-of-1812-african-americans-in-the-war-of-1812_Reedville-VA.html
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The War of 1812
Impressment of Americans into British service and the violation of American ships were among the causes of America War of 1812 with the British, which lasted until 1815. Beginning in 1813, Virginians suffered from a Brit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG8_indian-prisoners-abandoned-on-tangier-island_Reedville-VA.html
Following paramount chief Opechancanough's 1644 organized attacks against the English colonists for encroaching on Indian lands, Governor William Berkeley led further military strikes against the Virginia Indians in July 1645, taking many prisoner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6J_reedville_Reedville-VA.html
Elijah W. Reed, a New England ship captain, established the town in 1874 after building a factory here to process menhaden, a small bony fish rich in oil. Reedville soon became the center of the industry and home port to the Atlantic menhaden flee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMF6E_julius-rosenwald-high-school_Reedville-VA.html
Originally known as Northumberland County Training School, this institution opened in 1917, under principal John M. Ellison. Local African Americans raised more than $7,000 to build the school and received additional funding from the Rosenwald Fun…