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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNL_clark-county-loudoun-county_Bluemont-VA.html
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Clark County.
Area 171 Square Miles.
Formed in 1836 from Frederick, and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, Conqueror of the Northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, Revolutionary hero, lived in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNK_forerunner-of-wireless-telegraphy_Bluemont-VA.html
From nearby Bear's Den Mountain to the Catoctin Ridge, a distance of fourteen miles, Dr. Mahlon Loomis, dentist, sent the first arial wireless signals, 1866-73, using kites flown by copper wires. Loomis received a patent in 1872 and his company wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNJ_crook-and-early_Bluemont-VA.html
Early, while passing through this gap on his return from his Washington raid, was attacked by Crook's cavalry, July 16, 1864. Crook destroyed a few wagons, Early captured a cannon.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9G_battle-of-cool-spring_Bluemont-VA.html
(Preface): In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Mary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G9E_battle-of-cool-spring_Bluemont-VA.html
To draw Union troops from Petersburg to Washington, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the capital defenses on July 11, 1864. He then withdrew to the Shenandoah Valley, where he had left Gen. John C. Breckinridge division to hold the Shenand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FFR_the-retreat_Bluemont-VA.html
One and a half miles north is The Retreat, home to three distinguished generations of the Parker family. Thomas Parker, a general in the War of 1812, constructed this imposing Federal-style house in 1799. Richard Parker, his nephew, was a U.S. Sen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23Z_bluemont-historic-district_Bluemont-VA.html
Bluemont Historic District has been registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark pursuant to the authority vested in the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Act of 1966.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJB_mt-airy-fight_Bluemont-VA.html
Mt. Airy FightSept. 15, 1864Mosby * U.S. Cavalry——
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K_appalachian-trail-and-bears-den_Bluemont-VA.html
This 2,100-mile-long hiking path passes through 14 states from Mount Katahdin, Me., to Springer Mountain, Ga., along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921 by Benton MacKaye, the trail was completed in 1937. It was designated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49_the-retreat_Bluemont-VA.html
One and a half miles north is The Retreat, home to three distinguished generations of the Parker family. Thomas Parker, a general in the War of 1812, constructed this imposing Federal-style house in 1799. Richard Parker, his nephew, was a U.S. Sen…