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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM244F_chief-powhatan_Henrico-VA.html
He was called Wahunsonacock. The paramount chief of 30 tribes that inhabited over 6000 square miles of Virgini's coastal lands. The father of Pocahontas and the authority who dealt with the first Jamestown colonists. He will always be remembered a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJPR_old-coal-pit-railroad-bed_Henrico-VA.html
This railroad bed carried coal from the Deep Run and Springfield Coal Pits, two miles to the northeast of here, during the nineteenth century. The line ran south for about six miles to the now abandoned Kanawha Canal on the James River. From there…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUE_short-pump_Richmond-VA.html
According to legend, just beyond the fork where the Deep Run Turnpike (now Broad Street Road) crossed Three Notched Road (now Three Chopt Road) stood a tavern which was built in 1815. Here, under the rickety old double porch of the rambling frame …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUD_deep-run-baptist-church_Henrico-VA.html
Founded here in 1742, Deep Run Baptist Church was established as an Episcopal chapel. Modeled after St. John's Church in Richmond, it was constructed in 1749 with wooden pegs and beams that remain part of the present structure. During the Revoluti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5SW_deep-run-school_Richmond-VA.html
This two-room schoolhouse opened in 1902. Its predecessor, Stand Spring School, had been destroyed by fire the previous year. The school was in use until 1911 offering seven grades of instruction. Wood stoves provided heat for the structure, and t…