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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1799_ash-lawn-highland_Charlottesville-VA.html
Ash Lawn - HighlandHome of James Monroe from 1799-1823Dedicated on July 20, 1985byVirginia Daughters of the American RevolutionState RegentMrs. G.E. Honts, Jr.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16K4_william-holding-echols_Charlottesville-VA.html
William Holding Echols (1859-1934), Professor of Mathematics, lived in this pavilion. By precept and example, he taught many generations of students with ruthless insistence that the supreme values are self respect, integrity of mind, contempt of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15J2_university-of-virginia_Charlottesville-VA.html
Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. The cornerstone of its first building was laid on October 6, 1817, in the presence of three presidents of the United States—Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe. In 1825, the univers…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11R8_advance-mills_Charlottesville-VA.html
Villages such as Advance Mills were once common features of rural Virginia, serving as economic and social centers. Advance Mills grew around a single mill that John Fray constructed in 1833 on the north fork of the Rivanna River. By the twentieth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11R7_convention-army-the-barracks_Charlottesville-VA.html
In Jan. 1779, during the American Revolution, 4,000 British troops and German mercenaries (commonly known as "Hessians") captured following the Battle of Saratoga in New York arrived here after marching from Massachusetts. It was called the Conven…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1092_the-monticello-graveyard_Charlottesville-VA.html
This graveyard had its beginning in an agreement between two young men, Thomas Jefferson and Dabney Carr, who were school-mates and friends. They agreed that they would be buried under a great oak which stood here.
Carr, who married Jefferson's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1091_piney-river-cabin_Charlottesville-VA.html
Virginia's virgin forest provided materials for the settlers' most basic shelter. Centuries ago, first growth trees were felled and the wood hewn to form this single-room log cabin in Piney River, Virginia, 45 minutes south of here. The structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1090_tobacco-barn-ca-1790_Charlottesville-VA.html
This barn was once a place to hang and dry harvested tobacco plants. Tobacco was the primary cash crop in early Virginia. Many large landholders, including the Michies, grew tobacco as their principal money-making crop.
However, in time, these …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM108Z_the-meadow-run-grist-mill_Charlottesville-VA.html
Not far from the Tavern, the Michie family owned and operated a mill and general store. At the turn of the century the mill fell from decay. In order to recreate the Michie's Tavern-plantation (which stretched for several miles) Historic Michie Ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMULQ_monacan-indian-village_Charlottesville-VA.html
Near here, on both sides of the Rivanna River, was located the Monacan Indian village of Monasukapanough. This village was one of five Monacan towns that Captain John Smith recorded by name on his 1612 Map of Virginia, though many more existed. Mo…