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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214B_hyde-park_Crewe-VA.html
John Fowlkes constructed Hyde Park in the late 18th century; it was expanded in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Richmond department store-owner William B. Thalhimer Sr. purchased the property in 1938 and created a haven, training program, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLMO_jamestown-oaks_Blackstone-VA.html
Through the Virginia 2007 Community Program the National Alumnae Association of Blackstone College planted 24 White and Pin Oak trees at this site to commemorate the 400th Anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRR_nottoway-training-school_Blackstone-VA.html
On this site stood the Nottoway Training School, the first public school to provide secondary education for African Americans in Nottoway County. In 1909, public appeals to raise funds led to the establishment of the school by 1913, making it one …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRQ_creation-of-camp-pickett_Blackstone-VA.html
Late in 1941, the U.S. government began the condemnation of some 46,000 acres near Blackstone to establish Camp Pickett and train troops for World War II. The action forced 263 families (totaling 1,181 individuals) from their farms early in 1942. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRO_union-academy_Blackstone-VA.html
Near here stood Union Academy, conducted by Hardy and Crenshaw from 1861 to about 1869. Dr. Walter Reed, who discovered the carrier of yellow fever, and Dr. Robert E. Blackwell, long President of Randolph-Macon College, attended school here. Nearb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRK_blackstone-female-institute_Blackstone-VA.html
The Blackstone Female Institute was conceived in 1891 by George Pierce Adams, a Blackstone merchant, and Joshua Soule Hunter, a Methodist minister. Originally designed as a school to prepare young female students to enter Randolph-Macon Women's Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRJ_lottie-moon_Crewe-VA.html
Lottie Moon, a native of Charlottesville, was appointed by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board as a missionary to China in 1873 where she served for forty years. She died on her trip home in Kobe, Japan, on Christmas Eve, 1912, and her ashe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRI_old-nottoway-meeting-house_Burkeville-VA.html
This is the site of the Old Nottoway Meeting House, built in 1769, the second Baptist church established south of James River. Jeremiah Walker was the first minister.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRH_ingleside-training-institute_Burkeville-VA.html
When the Russell Grove School in Amelia County grew too big for its building, land was found in Nottoway County near Burkeville for a new school. Built in 1892 to educate African-American girls, the new school was named Ingleside Seminary. It was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRG_prince-edward-county-nottoway-county_Burkeville-VA.html
(Obverse)Prince Edward CountyArea 356 square milesFormed in 1753 from Amelia, and named for Prince Edward, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and younger brother of King George III. General Joseph E. Johnston was born in this county; Hampden-Sydne…
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