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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY5O_avenue-of-trees_Staunton-VA.html
This Avenue of Trees, sponsored by Clemmer-McGuffin Post 13, American Legion and Auxiliary, was given in loving memory by the people of Staunton and Augusta County in memoriam 1917-1918.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY50_mount-tabor-lutheran-church_Staunton-VA.html
Shenandoah Valley circuit-riding preacher PaulHenkel formed Mount Tabor Lutheran Churchabout 1785, several miles to the east. It shared alog building with St. John's, a Lutheran andReformed union congregation. Under the directionof David Frederick…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY4X_virginia-institute_Staunton-VA.html
Near this spot stood the frame dwelling of David Frederick Bittle, pastor of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church, in which he began in the Fall of 1842, with the assistance of Christopher C. Baughman, also a Lutheran minister, a school for young men called …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY0A_middlebrook-historic-district_Staunton-VA.html
Nestled here in the countryside south of Staunton,along historic Middlebrook Road, is one of theoldest villages in the region. William and NancyScott sold the first 27 lots in April 1799 toScots-Irish and German settlers. In 1851, thestagecoach ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO6_great-indian-warrior-trading-path_Staunton-VA.html
The most heavily traveled road in Colonial America passed through here, linking areas from the Great Lakes to Augusta, GA. Laid on ancient animal and Native American Trading/Warrior Paths. Indian treaties among the Governors of NY, PA, & VA and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV5A_first-settlers-grave_Staunton-VA.html
One mile north is the grave of John Lewis, first settler in this region, who came here in 1732 and died in 1762. He chose the site of the town of Staunton. His four sons, Thomas, Andrew, William and Charles, took an important part in the Indian an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV59_avenue-of-trees_Staunton-VA.html
This Avenue of Trees, sponsored by Clemmer-McGuffin Post 13, American Legion and Auxiliary, was given in loving memory by the people of Staunton and Augusta County in memoriam 1917-1918
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNWC_augusta-county-world-war-i-memorial-tablet_Staunton-VA.html
In Honor Of The Men And Women Of Staunton And Augusta County Who Served Their Country In The World War 1914-1918
The Unreturning Brave? They Give New Splendor to The Dead
[Roll of the Dead follows]
The Right Is More Precious Than Peace
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGE_bethel-church_Staunton-VA.html
Two miles west. The first church was built by Colonel Robert Doak in 1779. Captain James Tate, an elder, led in the battles of Cowpens and Guilford Courthouse (1781) a company drawn mainly from this church. In the churchyard 23 Revolutionary soldi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLFQ_roanoke-college_Staunton-VA.html
Five miles west is the birthplace of Virginia Institute, founded in 1842 by David F. Bittle, assisted by Christopher C. Baughman. Chartered on January 30, 1845, as Virginia Collegiate Institute, the school was moved to Salem, Virginia, in 1847, an…