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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221M_battle-of-piedmont_Grottoes-VA.html
On 5 June 1864, Confederate Brigadier General William E, "Grumble" Jones deployed his 5,600-man force to stop Union Major General David Hunter's advance on Staunton. The main battle line formed just south of here. Jones repulsed two …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ME_woodrow-wilson-general-hospital_Fishersville-VA.html
Groundbreaking for the Woodrow Wilson General Hospital was June 26, 1942. The hospital was named after Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States and a native of the neighboring city of Staunton. The federal government acquired 652 ac…
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The U.S. Army, needing stateside medical facilities during World War II, broke ground for Woodrow Wilson General Hospital here in June 1942. Named for the former U.S. president born in nearby Staunton, the hospital consisted of about 135 single-st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMI_stokesville-historical_Mount-Solon-VA.html
The village of Stokesville, established by 1901, became a boomtown after the Chesapeake Western Railway was extended here in 1902. Tram lines into the mountains brought timber to the rail head. Lumber mills, bark tanneries, a stave and headin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T4H_rockfish-gap-historical_Waynesboro-VA.html
Although work began on Skyline Drive in 1933, the vision of extending the scenic roadway to connect to the planned Blue Ridge Parkway was not realized until 1939 when the final section, Jarman Gap to Rockfish Gap was completed.Rangers welcomed vis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O9C_augusta-stone-church_Fort-Defiance-VA.html
The Augusta Stone Church, Virginia's oldest Presbyterian church in continuous use west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, opened on 22 January 1749. It replaced a log meetinghouse build shortly after the congregation's founding in 1740. At the outbreak …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O99_the-rev-john-craig_Fort-Defiance-VA.html
John Craig, born in County Antrim, Ireland, ad educated in Edinburgh, Scotland, immigrated to America in 1734. Ordained pastor in 1740 of the two churches known as Augusta Stone and Tinkling Sprint, Craig was Virginia's first settled Presbyterian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O96_augusta-stone-church_Fort-Defiance-VA.html
This, the oldest Presbyterian house of worship in Virginia, is an eloquent memorial to the liberty-loving, god-fearing Scotch-Irish folk who first settled this part of the valley. Through their arduous labors the building was completed in 1747 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GWL_grandma-moses-in-augusta-county_Verona-VA.html
Newlyweds Anna Mary Robertson Moses (later knows as Grandma Moses) and her husband Thomas arrived in Augusta County from New York in 1887. renting several farms before purchasing Mt. Airy, a large brick Federal style house built in 1880. The famil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19RR_the-marl-creek-interpretive-trail_Raphine-VA.html
Agriculture has changed in the Shenandoah Valley since McCormick's day. Once known as the "breadbasket of the Confederacy" because of the amount of wheat grown here, the Valley grows very few small grains today. Much of the grain production moved …
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