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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UH_truslow-family-cemetery_Stafford-VA.html
Benjamin Truslow, farmer, married Lillie Dent, daughter of Frederick Dent and Sarah Knight, on September 10, 1893. Sarah Knight was the daughter of Lewis and Roberta Knight, who owned the log house to the east. Census records suggest that Truslow …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29UG_the-knight-house_Stafford-VA.html
The log house preserved on this site was built by Lewis Knight in the mid-nineteenth century, probably c. 1850, and was situated on an 83-acre agricultural parcel. Lewis Knight share the home with his wife, Roberta, and their nine children; Sarah,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208S_frances-r-shelton-bridge_Stafford-VA.html
Mine Road Bridge is dedicated to Frances R. Shelton, a member of the Shelton family, who have been residents of Stafford County for over 236 years. Frances R. Shelton was a dedicated and giving American Legion Auxiliary President from 1996 to 1997…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV8_government-island-historical_Stafford-VA.html
Utilized by Native Americans for millennia, and purchased by the federal government in 1791, Government Island's unique stone was used in the original construction of both the U.S. Capital and the White House. Aquia sandstone from this quarry was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VKD_charles-adams-bryan-historical_Stafford-VA.html
Born in Maryland, Bryan and his family settled in the Stafford Courthouse area around 1869. He served as Deputy Clerk of Court from 1869-1871 and from 1877-1885. In 1887 he became Clerk of Court and served in that position until 1911. During his y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNS_brooke-virginia_Stafford-VA.html
In 1921, Jethro Kloss opened this Health Food Factory. It was on this site that he started writing "Back to Eden" the ground-breaking guide to herbal therapy.
Jethro Kloss is considered by many to be the father of the organic health foo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JYE_redoubt-2_Stafford-VA.html
Approximately seventy yards to the northeast of this sign on private property are the well preserved remains of Redoubt #2, the last surviving and largest of three built by the Union Army of the Potomac in February and March of 1863 to defend Aqui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JY7_crows-nest_Stafford-VA.html
Named after the black schooner called The Crow that harbored off the peninsula in the mid-1800s, Crow's Nest Peninsula is one of the last great, undisturbed places in the mid-Atlantic area. With both a rich history and remarkable environmental val…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I5J_yeckel-hall_Stafford-VA.html
Graduated Officer Candidates School and commissioned a Second Lieutenant at Quantico, Virginia in 1942.
Serving in World War II and the Korean Conflict, Colonel Yeckel was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart for heroic achievement in operati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1I5I_taylor-hall_Stafford-VA.html
Platoon Sergeant, Company A
Officer Candidates School
January 1966 - January 1968
Company I, 3rd Battalion, 26th Marine Regiment, Operation Meade River, Republic of Vietnam
SSgt Taylor, mortally wounded in combat against the enemy on December …