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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3H_mid-lothian-mines-and-rail-roads_Midlothian-VA.html
Welcome to the Mid-Lothian Mines Park
The Mid-Lothian Mines Park is in the heart of Midlothian's coal mining past and is encompassed by the Richmond Coal Basin. Mining in the Midlothian area of the Basin represents the first attempt at commerci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML32_bethlehem-baptist-church_Bon-Air-VA.html
Formerly Spring Creek Church. Organized, July 25, 1790. Benjamin Watkins, founder and first pastor, 1790-1831. Located four miles northwest, 1790-1855. Then four miles southwest, 1855-1897. Moved to this location, 1897. Home church of Nannie Bland…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML31_huguenot-settlement_Midlothian-VA.html
In 1700-1701, Huguenots (French Protestant refugees) settled in this region on land provided to them by the Virginia colony. The Huguenot settlement, known as "Manakin Town" centered at the former site of a Monacan Indian town, located south of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ96_skinquarter-baptist-church_Moseley-VA.html
Pastor William Hickman and about 30 people founded Skinquarter Baptist Church in 1778. The first meetinghouse was located east of the church's cemetery. Hickman moved to Kentucky in 1784 and was an early Baptist leader there. Due to anti-missionar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ92_william-ransom-johnson_Chesterfield-VA.html
William Ransom Johnson lived near here at Oakland. Called the "Napoleon of the Turf," he dominated American horseracing early in the 19th century. He trained more than 20 champions and achieved national fame from the 30 North-South match races hel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ90_eppington_Chesterfield-VA.html
Two and one-third miles south stands Eppington, built in the late 1760s by Francis Eppes and his wife Elizabeth Wayles Eppes, half-sister to Martha Wayles Jefferson. Thomas Jefferson frequently visited Eppington. Lucy Jefferson, his daughter, died…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ88_clover-hill-mining-district_Midlothian-VA.html
Coal mines, including Brighthope, Raccoon, Cox, Hill, Vaden, and others, were located a mile west of here. As early as 1822 coal was sold for local use. By 1845 the Clover Hill Railroad was constructed to transport the coal to the Appomattox River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7Z_dividends-for-the-future_Chesterfield-VA.html
I propose to create a civilian conservation corps?confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control, and similar projects. I call your attention to the fact that this type of work is of definite, practical value, not only…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7X_ccc-camp-site_Chesterfield-VA.html
This is the site of the former camp of two Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) companies and a Works Progress Administration (WPA) work force of 300 men who constructed the recreation area along Swift Creek from the spring of 1935 to the summer of 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ7V_civilian-conservation-corps-company-2386_Chesterfield-VA.html
Located north of this marker is the site of the camp of CCC Company 2386, Beach, Virginia. The camp was organized in 1935 and disbanded in 1942. The company consisted of 2 to 3 military officers, a civilian technical service staff, and approximate…