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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VS_massanutton_Luray-VA.html
To the Founders of the Massanutton Settlement, 1729. Jacob Stover, Leader and Patentee of 5000 acre tract. Adam Miller, settler on the Shenandoah River 1727. Purchasers from Stover: Christian Clemon, Henry Sowter, Mathias Selzer, John Brubaker, Lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FO_cavalry-engagement_Luray-VA.html
In mid-June 1862, after Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson's cavalry screened from Union observation Jackson's movement east to join the Army of Northern Virginia near Richmond. Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FG_warren-county-page-county_Luray-VA.html
Warren County. Area 216 square miles. Formed in 1836 from Frederick and Shenandoah, and named for General Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill, 1775. Page County. Area 322 square miles. Formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham, and named f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B1_white-house-ferry_Luray-VA.html
Operated from 1870-1910 about ¼ mile north of U.S. 211 over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with its approach road close to the existing White House. You can easily see the White House, on the east side of the river, as you drive to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AQ_white-house_Luray-VA.html
The old building just north of the road was built for a fort in 1760. It has long been a landmark in this valley.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37X_a-slave-auction-block_Luray-VA.html
Legend and narrative testimonies describe this stone as a slave auction block. From the Page News & Courier, August 31, 1961: "This native sandstone block . . . which stood at the corner of Main and Court Streets at the Chamber of Commerce bui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCN_william-randolph-barbee_Luray-VA.html
Here stood "Hawburg," birthplace of the eminent Virginia sculptor William R. Barbee (1816-1868). He studied in Florence, Italy, where he carved his famed "Coquette" and "The Fisher Girl." Returning to the United States in 1858 he was at work on a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCM_rappahannock-county-page-county_Luray-VA.html
(West Facing Side) Rappahannock County Area 274 Square Miles Formed in 1833 from Culpeper and named for the Rappahannock River, headwaters of which are in this county. (East Facing Side) Page County Area 322 Square Miles Forme…
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