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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIB_crozet_Crozet-VA.html
The town grew around a rail stop established on Wayland's farm in 1878. It was named for Col. B. Claudius Crozet, (1789-1864)—Napoleonic Army officer, and Virginia's Engineer and Cartographer—he built this pioneer railway through the B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIA_jacksons-valley-campaign_Charlottesville-VA.html
Late in April 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson marched his army out of the Shenandoah Valley through the Blue Ridge Mountains to deceive Union Maj. Gen. John C. Fremont into thinking he was headed for Richmond. On 3 May, Jackson bivou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI9_birthplace-of-meriwether-lewis_Charlottesville-VA.html
Half a mile north was born, 1774, Meriwether Lewis, of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, sent by Jefferson to explore the far west, 1804-1806. The expedition reached the mouth of the Columbia River, November 15, 1805.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI8_mosbys-rangers_Sterling-VA.html
Captain John Singleton Mosby and 69 of his Confederate ranger troop were surprised at dawn while sleeping here in the Miskel farmhouse and hay barn by 150 Union cavalry. Though greatly outnumbered, Captain Mosby led his rangers on foot with revolv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7_loudoun-county-emancipation-association-grounds_Purcellville-VA.html
The association was organized by African Americans in nearby Hamilton in 1890 to commemorate the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on 22 Sept. 1862 and "to cultivate good fellowship, to work for the betterme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI6_st-james-united-church-of-christ_Lovettsville-VA.html
Formerly St. James Evangelical and Reformed Church, this is the oldest active congregation of the German Reformed tradition in Virginia. Lovettsville, a German settlement, was founded by settlers of the Reformed faith in 1733. Early records indica…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI5_first-german-reformed-church-site-and-cemetery_Lovettsville-VA.html
This is the church site and cemetery of the oldest continuous German Reformed congregation in Virginia. Founded before 1748 by Elder William Wenner, the congregation met in members' houses until the first log meetinghouse was constructed sometime …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI4_taylorstown_Lovettsville-VA.html
Taylorstown, one of Loudoun County's earliest settlements, stands near the Catoctin Creek, a Virginia Scenic River, at the junction of Loyalty and Taylorstown Roads. Among the oldest structures in the village are Hunting Hill (ca. 1737), Foxton Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI2_berryville_Berryville-VA.html
The town was laid out in 1798 on land of Benjamin Berry and was first known as Battletown. Here at "Audley" lived Nellie Custis, Washington's adopted daughter. Here at "Soldiers Rest" lived General Daniel Morgan, who built "Saratoga." Here Lee's a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI1_harry-f-byrd-sr_Berryville-VA.html
Harry Flood Byrd Sr. (1887-1966), governor of Virginia (1926-1930) and U.S. senator from Virginia (1933-1965), was a conservative Democrat who led a political machine that directed state politics for four decades. As governor, he instituted Virgin…