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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM73M_willow-grove-mill_Luray-VA.html
On October 2, 1864, elements of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Division under Col. William H. Powell reached this area near Luray and quickly laid waste to the Willow Grove Mill. Amanda Moore, wife of the mill's owner, later recalled, "We had the Mill, Saw …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM50H_fort-philip-long_Luray-VA.html
Six miles south, near Alma, stands Fort Philip Long, a small Germanic stone dwelling with a massive end chimney. Constructed on the edge of a bank, the house is unusual in having two cellar levels, one below the other. A tunnel leads from the lowe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM508_fishers-hill-and-yagers-mill_Luray-VA.html
In September 1864, Union Gen. Philip H. Sheridan detached two cavalry divisions under Gen. Alfred T. A. Torbert to move into the Page Valley. While the bulk of Sheridan's army would strike Gen. Jubal A. Early's Confederates at Fisher's Hill, Torbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZX_massanutten-school_Luray-VA.html
This one-room school was originally located in the Massanutten section, west of Luray. Donated to the Page County Heritage Association by Thomas and Barbara Jenning, the c. 1880 building was moved to this site in 1974. Extensive renovation accompl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4ZQ_white-house-bridge_Luray-VA.html
On May 21, 1862. Confederate Gen. Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's Valley Army plodded northalong this road to threaten Front Royal and outflank Union Gen. Nathaniel Bank's position at Strasburg. With the addition of Gen. Richard S.Ewell's division,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3VS_massanutton_Luray-VA.html
To the Founders of the Massanutton Settlement, 1729. Jacob Stover, Leader and Patentee of 5000 acre tract. Adam Miller, settler on the Shenandoah River 1727. Purchasers from Stover: Christian Clemon, Henry Sowter, Mathias Selzer, John Brubaker, Lu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FO_cavalry-engagement_Luray-VA.html
In mid-June 1862, after Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, Brig. Gen. Beverly H. Robertson's cavalry screened from Union observation Jackson's movement east to join the Army of Northern Virginia near Richmond. Ro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3FG_warren-county-page-county_Luray-VA.html
Warren County. Area 216 square miles. Formed in 1836 from Frederick and Shenandoah, and named for General Joseph Warren, killed at Bunker Hill, 1775.
Page County. Area 322 square miles. Formed in 1831 from Shenandoah and Rockingham, and named f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3B1_white-house-ferry_Luray-VA.html
Operated from 1870-1910 about ¼ mile north of U.S. 211 over the South Fork of the Shenandoah River with its approach road close to the existing White House. You can easily see the White House, on the east side of the river, as you drive to th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3AQ_white-house_Luray-VA.html
The old building just north of the road was built for a fort in 1760. It has long been a landmark in this valley.