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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KH_stony-man_Luray-VA.html
Can you see a man's stony face in the rock outcrop on the high peak directly to your left? Someone thought they could, thus the peak's name, Stony Man. Stony Man is Shenandoah National Park's second highest peak at 4,011 feet.
To enjoy views fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KG_visiblity-endangered_Luray-VA.html
On a good visibility day, Stony Man Mountain and nearby hills may be seen cleary with the human eye.
On a poor visibility day, both natural conditions and air pollution obscures your view of Stony Man Mountain and distant views beyond.
The B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8K4_through-the-gaps_Luray-VA.html
In the valley below, Highway 211 snakes its way through the town of Luray and connects Thornton Gap, 1/2 mile to your left on Skyline Drive, with New Market Gap, the low point in distant Massanutten Mountain. Luray and Route 211 illustrate how mou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IZ_stonewall-jacksons-marches_Stanley-VA.html
The Shenandoah Valley below was the scene of much of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's activity, during the first two years of the Civil War. His swift and secret marches earned his troops the name of "foot cavalry."
Jackson's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8H3_pass-run-and-thornton-gap_Luray-VA.html
Nearly three weeks after the Battle of Gettysburg, and in the wake of a sharp fight near Front Royal at Wapping Heights (Manassas Gap) on July 23, 1863, Confederate troops from Gen. Richard S. Ewell's corps withdrew to the Page Valley. On July 25,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SV_somerville-heights_Shenandoah-VA.html
Early in May 1862, Gen. Stonewall Jackson moved most of his army east over the Blue Ridge toward Charlottesville, leaving Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division at Conrad's Store (present day Elkton) to hold the Federals in the Shenandoah Valley. The Un…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SU_the-burning-of-red-bridge_Shenandoah-VA.html
Nearly a month after the battle of Kernstown, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's command had worked its way south "up" the Valley to join Gen. Richard S. Ewell's division near Conrad's Store (Elkton). To secure this haven for reorganization, on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7ST_the-stevens-cottage-1890_Shenandoah-VA.html
The Stevens Cottage, located ? mile west, was built in 1890 to house the offices of the Shenandoah Land and Improvement Company. This restored post bellum building was designed by William M. Poindexter, in the shingle style of the Edwardian Period…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SS_history-of-verbena_Shenandoah-VA.html
Original Grant fromKing George III toCharles Cropson 1746.1783 Grant from BeverlyRandolf, Governor ofVirginia to Jacob Mire.1802 Jacob Mireto George Price.Original Mill Built 1803.Verbena Parkand present mill built byWm. E & H.C. Hisey 1935.Presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SO_shields-advance-retreat_Shenandoah-VA.html
Having successfully driven Gen. Nathaniel Bank's Union army from the Shenadoah Valley in late May 1862, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's "foot cavalry" had little time to reset. While one Union army under Gen. John C. Fr?mont was bearing down …