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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ9_battle-of-berryville_Berryville-VA.html
Battle of BerryvilleSept. 3, 1864Early & Sheridan——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ8_buck-marsh-fight_Berryville-VA.html
Buck Marsh Fight Sept. 13, 1864Mosby's Attack onSheridan's WagonTrains——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6_fort-breckenridge_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Three miles west at the mouth of Falling Spring Creek was a post garrisoned by militia under Capt. Robert Breckenridge. Washington inspected it in 1756. It survived an attack by Shawnees under Cornstalk during Pontiac's war in 1763.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ5_buck-marsh-baptist-church_Berryville-VA.html
Organized near this spot by Wm. and Daniel Fristoe in 1772. Constituted by elders John Marks and John Garrard, the later serving as its pastor. James Ireland served as pastor from 1778-1806 and is buried here.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIZ_bluefield-college_Bluefield-VA.html
Bluefield College was chartered in May 1920 as "an institution of learning for the instruction of boys and young men in the various branches of science, literature, philosophy, and the liberal and useful arts." With strong support from the Baptist…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIV_wythe-county-poorhouse-farm_Wytheville-VA.html
The 340-acre Wythe County Poorhouse Farm was established in 1858 for the care of the elderly, disabled, and impoverished people of Wythe County. It was governed by the Wythe County Board of Supervisors and owned by the county until 1957 when the p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU_vinyard-fight_Boyce-VA.html
Vinyard Fight Gold's FarmDec. 16, 1864Mosby & US Cavalry——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIT_lorton-station_Lorton-VA.html
The settlement of Lorton was named by Joseph Plaskett, who immigrated to Virginia from his home north of England in the scenic Lorton Valley. Plaskett became the first Lorton postmaster in 1875 and generations of Plasketts followed in his footstep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIS_long-branch_Boyce-VA.html
This Classical Revival mansion built for Robert Carter Burwell is one of the few remaining residential works in which B. Henry Latrobe, father of the American architectural profession, played a role in design. Latrobe offered suggestions to Burwel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIR_fight-at-golds-farm_Berryville-VA.html
Fight at Gold's FarmSept. 3, 1864Mosby & 6th N.Y. Cavalry