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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2126_saint-pauls-chapel-school_Alberta-VA.html
Among the earliest of the more than a dozen
Julius Rosenwald Schools built in Brunswick
County, Saint Paul's Chapel School was constructed
as a one-teacher standard plan in 1920 under
the initial wave of Tuskegee Institute-administered buildin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM211X_nellie-pratt-russell_Alberta-VA.html
Nellte Pratt Russell, educator, attended Howard
University and was one of six incorporators of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the first Greek
letter organizatton founded by African American
women. The sorority, established in 1908, was
incorpora…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16E1_sturgeon-creek_Alberta-VA.html
A branch of the Nottoway, named for the huge fish once caught in it. William Byrd, returning from the expedition to survey the Virginia-North Carolina boundary line, camped on this stream in November, 1729.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN0_southside-virginia-community-college_Alberta-VA.html
Southside Virginia Community College has two campuses: the Christanna Campus in Alberta, which opened in 1970, and the John H. Daniel campus in Keysville, which opened in 1971. The college is part of the statewide system of community colleges crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAE_fort-christanna_Alberta-VA.html
Nearby to the south stood Fort Christanna, a wooden structure built in 1714 under the auspices of Alexander Spotswood and the Virginia Indian Company. Members of the Meiponsky, Occaneechi, Saponi, Stuckenock, and Tutelo Indian tribes lived within …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAD_old-brunswick-courthouse_Alberta-VA.html
Here the first courthouse of Brunswick County was built about 1732. In 1746, when the county was divided, the county seat was moved east near Thomasburg. In 1783, after Greensville County had been formed, the courthouse was moved to Lawrenceville.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDA1_danieltown_Alberta-VA.html
In June 1864, to deny Gen. Robert E. Lee the use of the South Side R.R. and the Richmond and Danville R.R., Gen. Ulysses S Grant sent Gen. James H. Wilson and Gen. August V. Kautz south of Petersburg on a cavalry raid to destroy track and rolling …