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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XUW_school-transportation-historical_Ashland-VA.html
Virginia public school boards began providing transportation to white students early in the 20th century but frequently denied this service to African Americans. Black children often had to walk miles to school, leading to nonattendance. Across Vi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSC_railroad-company-sees-potential-for-a-town-among-the-slash-pines_Ashland-VA.html
Railroad transportation was still new in 1836 when the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac (RF&P) Railroad Company completed a single track from Richmond to a sawmill 20 miles north in rural Hanover County. At the same time, the RF&P purchased a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSB_town-of-ashland-historic-district_Ashland-VA.html
The Town of Ashland has two historic districts: the Randolph-Macon College Historic Campus that was made a district in 1979 and the larger Ashland Historic District established in 1983.
The Randolph-Macon College Historic Campus encompasses thr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSA_downtown-business-growth-fuels-ashland-expansion_Ashland-VA.html
Ashland's business district developed after the Civil War around the intersection of England and Thompson streets and Railroad Avenue. The train station was on the east side of the tracks north of England Street, with a passenger shed on the west …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IF6_m60-main-battle-tank_Ashland-VA.html
The Patton series of tanks are named after General George S. Patton, commander of the U.S. Third Army during WWII, and one of the first American advocates for the use of tanks in battle.
The M60 Patton battle tank entered active duty in 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBN5_confederate-march-from-the-north-anna-river_Ashland-VA.html
Following the Union army's departure from the North Anna River on 26 May 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee cautiously moved his army south toward Richmond to stay between the Federals and the capital. Lee's wagon trains, using nearby Ellett's B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJK_jacksons-march-to-mechanicsville_Ashland-VA.html
In mid-June 1862, having defeated three Union armies in the Shenandoah Valley, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson and his Valley Army joined Gen. Robert E. Lee to defend Richmond. Jackson and his men marched by here on 26 June to strike the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAJJ_slash-church_Ashland-VA.html
Erected in 1729-32 as the Upper Church of Saint Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Slash Church's location next to swampy woods (a "slash" in 18th-century terms) gave it its name. The Reverend Patrick Henry, uncle of the famous patriot, served as rect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACH_stuarts-riders-skirt-ashland_Ashland-VA.html
On the afternoon of 12 June 1862, Confederate Brig. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart's column passed here on a mission to gather intelligence about Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac. Riding northeast toward the Richmond, Fredericksburg…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMABS_henry-at-hanover-courthouse_Ashland-VA.html
Six miles east still stands Hanover Courthouse, in which, December, 1763, Patrick Henry delivered his great speech in the "Parsons' Cause," when he denounced the British government for vetoing an act of the Virginia General Assembly.