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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V4E_the-wild-ponies-historical_Chincoteague-Island-VA.html
Hardy, compact, and spirited—the horses on Assateague Island run freely over a range bounded by ocean and bay. Bands of mares and young led by protective stallions graze on marsh grasses, drink at freshwater ponds, and retreat into island fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V49_welcome-to-assateague-village-historical_Chincoteague-Island-VA.html
In the 1800s, after the lighthouse was built, a small community grew up not far from here. By the early 1900s, about 225 lived in the village, which included a school, dry goods store, and a church. The residents harvested resources from the sea, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V46_still-shining-after-all-these-years-historical_Chincoteague-Island-VA.html
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Assateague Island Lighthouse is a striking landmark that attracts many visitors. At the same time, it is an active aid to navigation, operated by the U.S. Coast Guard, that gives ships a visu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UFQ_lees-bethel-historical_Tangier-VA.html
This cemetery is the possible site of Lee's Bethel, the island's first church. Next to the cemetery is the last of the island's once plentiful garden farms. Tangiermen were famous for growing melons, filling their boats until just the gunnels w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UE5_dr-copter-flying-medicine-to-tangier-historical_Tangier-VA.html
Every week for more than thirty years Dr. David Buell Nichols made the voyage from Hummel Field in Middlesex County to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay to administer health care to those in need. For an island with no resident doctor, the soun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBV_welcome-to-historic-tangier-island-historical_Tangier-VA.html
For almost 250 years the people of Tangier have wrested a living and a lifestyle from the waters that surround them. Most of their days have been occupied with family, work, church, and the other normal pursuits in which we all engage. But they ha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UBF_fort-albion-historical_Tangier-VA.html
In April 1814, during the war of 1812, British forces commanded by Adm. Sir George Cockburn established Fort Albion on the southern tip of Tangier Island. The fort, which included barracks a hospital, a church, parade grounds, and gardens, ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UA7_the-parson-of-the-islands-historical_Tangier-VA.html
Joshua Thomas (1776-1853) became a skilled waterman from the in his youth and ferried clergymen from the mainland to the islands of the Chesapeake Bay. He converted to Methodism about 1807, was licensed as an exhorter (or lay preacher) and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UA6_telephone-office-post-office-myrts-historical_Tangier-VA.html
The Telephone Building was built in 1966 by Grover Charnock when radiotelephones were finally replaced with a microwave tower. In front of this is a new home, built on the site of the former Grand Theater, built in 1929 by Gordon Daley, an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SL2_welcome-to-the-nasa-visitor-center_Wallops-Island-VA.html
The visitor center displays NASA's past, present and future projects, as well as, Wallops flight facility's role in Aeronautical and Space research. The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Wallops flight facility was established in 1945, and is one…
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