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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH45_john-kigers-second-lot_Sperryville-VA.html
(Upper Plaque):This propertyhas been place on theNational Registerof Historic Places(Lower Plaque):The Second of Two LotsOwned by John KigerThis Building Was A Blacksmith shop.Conestoga Wagons Were Made BehindThis Building Near The Thornton River.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH2O_john-b-kiger_Sperryville-VA.html
(Upper Plaque):This Propertyhas been placed on theNational RegisterOf Historic Places(Lower Plaque):John B. Kigerwell known wheelrightlived in this unique log and stone houseand built Conestoga wagons on this sitein the 1830s. One of his wagons is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KA_old-rag_Luray-VA.html
An exceptional mountain, very different from the rest - that's Old Rag. The distinct rock-covered ridgecrest in the distance has long been a noted area landmark. Old Rag's rugged summit consists of spectacular outcroppings of Old Rag granite, t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8K8_marys-rock-tunnel_Luray-VA.html
Drill, blast, and clear. Drill, blast, and clear. For three months workers repeated this process, carving through 600 feet of solid granite (granodiorite) to complete Skyline Drive's greatest construction challenge, Marys Rock Tunnel. Twice eac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8K5_rocks-older-than-mankind_Luray-VA.html
The only tunnel on the Skyline Drive passes for 700 feet through Mary's Rock Mountain. It was blasted out of granite-like rock. Only 1,300,000,000 years ago this rock was still molten magma.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A5_john-jackson-traditional-musician_Woodville-VA.html
John Jackson, Piedmont guitar master and influential traditional musician, was born near here on25 Feb. 1924. One of fourteen children of tenantfarmers Suddy and Hattie Jackson, Jackson learnedsongs on the guitar and banjo from his parents,traveli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A3_f-t-baptist-church_Sperryville-VA.html
F. T. Baptist Church was founded nearby as Ragged Mountain Church in 1778. According to tradition the congregation worshipped in a log structure at Sharp Rock until about 1802 before moving to the former F. T. Village by 1804 where it became known…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5A2_popes-army-of-virginia_Sperryville-VA.html
On 26 June 1862, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Maj. Gen. John Pope to command the Union army that operated in Virginia. The Corps led by Maj. Gen. Franz Sigel, who had recently replaced Maj. Gens. John C. Fr?mont, posted around Sperryville, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59L_sperryville_Sperryville-VA.html
Laid out by Francis Thornton, Jr., in 1817, Sperryville survives as an upper Piedmont crossroads village. In the early 19th century John Kiger built Conestoga wagons here. By the 1850s two turnpikes (Thornton's Gap and Sperryville & Rappahannock) …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM59K_washington-virginia_Washington-VA.html
Of the 28 Washingtons in the United States, the "records very conclusively disclose" that this town, "the first Washington of all," was surveyed and platted by George Washington on the 24th of July (old style), 1749. He was assisted by John Linem …
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