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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSE_aftermath-of-balls-bluff_Leesburg-VA.html
Ball's Bluff is the only battlefield where on which a United States senator was killed in combat. Edward Dickinson Baker, senator from Oregon, was also a colonel and one of Brig. Gen. Charles Stone's three brigade commanders. Baker was a long-time…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ9_diesel-trains-on-the-w-od_Leesburg-VA.html
The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad switched from electric to diesel power during World War II. In 1941-42 the railroad bought its first three diesel-electric engines. Each General Electric engine had 380 horsepower and weighed 44 tons. Later e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ8_leesburg-passenger-station_Leesburg-VA.html
When the Alexandria, Loudoun, & Hampshire Railroad (later W&OD) arrived on May 17, 1860, Leesburg realized a dream. A local newspaper praised the railroad, which "throws us within an hour or two's ride of the cities of the seaboard, and opens up a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ6_leesburg-freight-station_Leesburg-VA.html
Leesburg's first railroad depot opened here in 1860 to accommodate passengers, mail, express packages, and freight. All but the freight operations were moved west to King Street in 1887 when the new passenger station opened. An industrial area kno…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ5_the-leesburg-lime-company_Leesburg-VA.html
The arrival of the railroad in the 1860s spawned new businesses. One such enterprise was the Leesburg Lime Company, which operated at the site where you are now located. In 1868 a local newspaper announced:
New Lime Kiln— Messrs. Orr & M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ4_electric-trains-on-the-w-od_Leesburg-VA.html
Electrification arrived in 1912, after the Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad and the Southern Railway's Bluemont Branch were consolidated into the Washington & Old Dominion Railway. The new owners brought modern interurban trolley cars. Wire str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ3_the-great-falls-line_Leesburg-VA.html
The Bluemont Branch of the Washington & Old Dominion was not the railroad's only line. The Great Falls & Old Dominion Railroad arose in 1906 from the vision of two prominent men. Sen. Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia had prospered through coal, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMO3_clarkes-gap_Leesburg-VA.html
At 582 feet, Clarkes Gap, up the hill to your left, was the highest point on the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad. The stone bridge dates from the 1870s, when the tracks were completed to Clarkes Gap. The station stood on the site where you are …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDK_potomac-crossings_Leesburg-VA.html
Here Lee turned east to the Potomac, crossing at White's Ford, September 6, 1862, in his invasion of Maryland. Jubal A. Early, returning from his Washington raid, crossed the river at White's Ford, July 14, 1864.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCW_in-memory-of-richard-owings_Leesburg-VA.html
First native born Methodist local preacher, born November 13, 1738, Baltimore County, Maryland. Died October 7, 1786, Leesburg, Virginia and was buried on this spot.
He was converted under the ministry of Robert Strawbridge and Received on Tri…