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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21D1_camp-mont-shenandoah_Millboro-VA.html
Nannie Crump West, Christian missionary and youth
advocate, founded Camp Mont Shenandoah in 1927 for
girls from Virginia's elite families. This residential
summer camp, like others established along the
Cowpasture River early in the 20th centu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GWK_fort-dickinson_Millboro-VA.html
The site was about one-half mile north of the river. This was one of a chain of frontier forts ordered erected by the Virginia legislature early in 1756. The chain extended from Hampshire County (now West Virginia) to Patrick County on the North C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY9_union-hurst-school_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Union Hurst, a school for African Americans, was built near here on Pine Hurst Heights Road between 1924 and 1925. The school was built with the assistance of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a program that helped build some 5,000 schools for African Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXX_mountain-grove_Warm-Springs-VA.html
The Mountain Grove community grew up around William Gatewood's plantation in the early 19th century. During the Civil War. Brig. Gen. William W. Averell's Federal cavalry attacked from newly created West Virginia late in 1863 and fought with Confe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BXL_bacova_Bacova-VA.html
The Tidewater Hardwood Company built a lumber mill and company town here, 192-1922, naming it Bacova, a contraction for Bath Co., Va. Narrow-gauge railroads brought the logs to the mill. The company paidworkers in scrip redeemable for rent, medica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQ4_virginia-hot-springs-company-world-war-memorial_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Erected 1920 by the Virginia Hot Springs Company commemorating the planting of trees along this boulevard. A memorial of patriotism and a tribute of honor to the employees of this Company and the men of Bath County who in 1917 and 1918 served in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPX_letitia-pate-whitehead-evans_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Born In Thaxton, Bedford County, Lettie PateWhitehead Evans played a major role In the earlydistribution of bottled Coca-Cola. She was oneof the first women members of the board ofdirectors of a major American corporation,serving on the board of T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLH_garth-newel_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Artist William Sergeant Kendall (1869-1938) and his wife Christine Herter Kendall (1890-1981) built this house soon after they arrived in Virginia in 1922. Garth Newel, Welsh for "New Home," served as their residence and studio. A student of Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BHK_mary-johnston_Warm-Springs-VA.html
Mary Johnston, a novelist, historian, playwright,suffragist, and social advocate, lived here atThree Hills. Born in Botetourt County, Johnstonpublished 23 novels between l898 and l936 andbecame the first woman to top best-seller listsin the 20th c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BFZ_millboro_Millboro-VA.html
Millboro began as a settlement around Cady'sTunnel, built by the Central Virginia Railroad.By 1856 the tracks extended from Richmondto Cabin Creek nearby. During the Civil War,Confederate soldiers marched westward downthe old Crooked Spur road; ar…