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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B8B_the-reverend-robert-rose_Amherst-VA.html
To honor
The Reverend Robert Rose
1704-1751
First Minister of St. Ann's Parish in
Old Albermarle County 1747-1751
This tablet commemorates the establishment
by him of St. Mark's Church at Maple Run 1748
To the present site, in Amherst Count…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YWI_bear-mountain-indian-mission-school_Amherst-VA.html
Bear Mountain is the spiritual center of the
Monacan community. The Bear Mountain Indian
Mission School, ca. 1868, was originally built for
church services and is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places. Virginia's racial
segregati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TOU_the-courage-of-frank-padget-historical_Amherst-VA.html
Heavy rains early in 1854 left the James River and the treacherous Balcony Falls in full flood. On 21 January the towrope of the canal boat, Clinton, snapped. Washed over the Mountain Dam and through successive falls, its passengers became strande…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QZN_the-rivers_Amherst-VA.html
The Tye and Piney Rivers provide recreation, wildlife habitat, and scenic value to this region of Central Virginia. Fishing, camping, canoeing, and kayaking are all popular activities.
Both rivers begin in the Blue Ridge Mountains and flo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19TZ_amherst-county-confederate-soldiers-monument_Amherst-VA.html
Confederate Soldiers1861 - 1865
To the memory ofThe Sons of Amherst Countywho from 1861 to 1865upheld in arms the causeof Virginia and the South,who fell in battleor died from wounds,and survivors of the warwho as long as they livedwere ever pr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV71_ruckers-chapel_Amherst-VA.html
Nearby stood Rucker's Chapel, one of the firstAnglican (present-day Episcopal) churches inAmherst County. Also known as Harris CreekChurch and later as St. Matthew's, the churchwas founded by Col. Ambrose Rucker before 1751.It stood on part of a 5…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6T_james-river-batteau_Amherst-VA.html
Near here lived Anthony and Benjamin Rucker,inventors of the James River batteau, whichsuperseded the double dugout canoe and rollingroad for transporting tobacco hogsheads. Theselong (about 50 or 60 feet), double-ended vesselsdominated the commer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV6A_sweet-briar-college_Amherst-VA.html
This liberal arts college for women, opened in 1906, granted its first Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1910. Estbalished under the will of Indiana Fletcher Williams as a memorial to her only daughter, Daisy, the college is located on a 2800-acre tract…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRW2_grave-of-patrick-henrys-mother_Amherst-VA.html
In the grove of trees some hundreds of yards to the west is the grave of Sarah Winston (Henry), mother of Patrick Henry, who died in November, 1784.