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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FXV_mt-olive-baptist-church_Stafford-VA.html
Stafford's First African American Church. Founded May 16, 1818 near Roseville by Rev. Horace Crutcher, along with five others. Original place of worship was a slab wood arbor. Recognizing the importance of enlightening individuals both spiritually…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FUH_austin-run-pyrite-mine_Stafford-VA.html
Pyrite, an important source of sulfuric acid, was discovered in Stafford in 1902. Mining commenced near Smith Reservoir in 1903 but soon moved south to Garrisonville Road in what is now Hampton Oaks subdivision. The main shaft was 650 feet deep. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FS1_crows-nest-natural-area-preserve-virginias-state-natural-area-preserves_Stafford-VA.html
Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve Situated on a peninsula located between Accokeek and Potomac creeks in Stafford County, Crow's Nest Natural Area Preserve contains extensive mature coastal plain hardwood forests and wetland communities. Much…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FRZ_john-smith-explores-the-chesapeake_Stafford-VA.html
(panel 1) Captain Smith explored the Chesapeake Bay in the early 1600s seeking precious metals and a passage to Asia. He traveled the James, Chickahominy, and York rivers in 1607, and led two major expeditions from Jamestown in 1608. Smith and hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FR3_aquia-landing_Stafford-VA.html
Aquia Landing was a significant gateway for enslaved people seeking freedom, including William and Ellen Craft, Henry "Box" Brown, and John Washington. Aquia Landing was the RF&P Railroad terminus from 1842-1872, and the only direct rail…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FM5_marine-officers-basic-class-6-67_Stafford-VA.html
May we never forget to honor and pay tribute to our fellow classmates who paid the ultimate price and sacrificed their lives in Vietnam. Any one of us could have had our name listed, but it was only by God's Grace that we were spared. We hope and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FM3_basic-school-class-of-2-1965_Stafford-VA.html
In memory of these brave instructors and Lieutenants of C company, TBS 2-65 who served here from August 1964 to February 1965 and entered the Vietnam conflict as one of the first Basic School classes to do so. They Gallantly gave their lives for C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CFW_katherine-harwood-waller-barrett_Stafford-VA.html
Born nearby at Clifton, Katherine Harwood Waller Barrett earned medical and nursing degrees. She devoted her professional life to the care and education of unmarried pregnant women, a group previously treated as outcasts. With philanthropist Charl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2I_german-americans-and-the-eleventh-corps_Stafford-VA.html
A large number of the soldiers who camped in and built the roads and fortifications preserved in this park were German-Americans. Most studies of ethnicity in the Civil War have focused on Irish or African-American soldiers, yet German-Americans w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C2H_union-army-double-track-corduroy-road_Stafford-VA.html
At right is the order for a dual-track corduroy road, remains of which can still be seen just beyond this sign. Below are details for construction of corduroy roads as reported earlier in the war by a Union staff officer. Corduroy roads were neede…
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