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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ILB_beaver-dam-school_Beaverdam-VA.html
The original Beaver Dam School was built in 1909 on land acquired by the School Board of Beaver Dam District No. 3 of Hanover County. On 16 Dec 1919, fire destroyed the original two-story frame building that housed both elementary and high school …
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Scotchtown is best known as the site from which Patrick Henry rode to Richmond in March of 1775 to deliver his infamous "Liberty or Death" speech. . Some have even suggested that the house, where he had been forced to confine his wife Sarah due to…
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A mile north is Scotchtown, Patrick Henry's Home, 1771-1777. Dolly Madison, President James Madison's wife, lived here in her girlhood. Layfayette was here in May, 1781, retreating northward before Cornwallis. Cornwallis passed here in June, 1781,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2WP_the-depot-at-beaver-dam_Beaverdam-VA.html
The first railroad depot at Beaver Dam was built ca. 1840 to serve the farmers of Hanover and Louisa counties. Its strategic location during the Civil War made it a target of many Union raids. The July 20, 1862, raid saw the depot burned and Colon…
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