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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8B_the-reverend-robert-rose_Amherst-VA.html
To honor
The Reverend Robert Rose
1704-1751
First Minister of St. Ann's Parish in
Old Albermarle County 1747-1751
This tablet commemorates the establishment
by him of St. Mark's Church at Maple Run 1748
To the present site, in Amherst Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z7B_amherst-county-rockbridge-county_Big-Island-VA.html
Rockbridge County
Area 616 square miles
Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are buried in Lexington. Was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YWI_bear-mountain-indian-mission-school_Amherst-VA.html
Bear Mountain is the spiritual center of the
Monacan community. The Bear Mountain Indian
Mission School, ca. 1868, was originally built for
church services and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. Virginia's racial
segregati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOU_the-courage-of-frank-padget-historical_Amherst-VA.html
Heavy rains early in 1854 left the James River and the treacherous Balcony Falls in full flood. On 21 January the towrope of the canal boat, Clinton, snapped. Washed over the Mountain Dam and through successive falls, its passengers became strande…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T52_a-transportation-corridor-historical_Monroe-VA.html
When George Washington stood here in 1772, he sought a way to open a water route to the West. Traveling over the region's most rugged mountains was time consuming and dangerous. New settlers needed a more efficient way to transport goods like toba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QZN_the-rivers_Amherst-VA.html
The Tye and Piney Rivers provide recreation, wildlife habitat, and scenic value to this region of Central Virginia. Fishing, camping, canoeing, and kayaking are all popular activities.
Both rivers begin in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OSO_pauline-weeden-maloney_Madison-Heights-VA.html
Here lived Pauline Maloney, known as Lynchburg's
"first lady of education." A graduate of Howard University,
she worked in Lynchburg
public schools from 1937 to 1970, most notably
as a guidance counselor and administrator at
the all…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TZ_amherst-county-confederate-soldiers-monument_Amherst-VA.html
Confederate Soldiers1861 - 1865
To the memory ofThe Sons of Amherst Countywho from 1861 to 1865upheld in arms the causeof Virginia and the South,who fell in battleor died from wounds,and survivors of the warwho as long as they livedwere ever pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19KF_the-courage-of-frank-padget_Big-Island-VA.html
Heavy rains early in 1854 left the James River and the treacherous Balcony Falls, south of this site, in full flood. On 21 January the towrope of the canal boat, Clinton, snapped. Washed over the Mountain Dam and through successive falls, its pass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18ID_amherst-county-rockbridge-county_Big-Island-VA.html
Amherst County: Formed in 1781 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Rockbridge County: Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for th…