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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22XG_sangsters-station_Clifton-VA.html
During the Civil War, the Orange & Alexandria Railroad was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederate armies. Sangster's Station, located 1-3/4 miles to your right where Colchester Road crosses under the railroad tracks, was the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22XF_buckley-store_Clifton-VA.html
"From a pin to a plow" was the Buckley Brothers' motto for their general store which was the largest store between Alexandria and Front Royal at one time. Since the Clifton School did not own a scale, the scales in the store were used to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G5H_old-dominion-stone-company-millstone_Clifton-VA.html
Between 1891 and 1932, the Old Dominion Stone Company quarried and processed soapstone at a location within the current Little Rocky Run community. This millstone was use to grind the soapstone into a fine powder called talc.
This millstone was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F73_wolf-run-shoals_Clifton-VA.html
During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces considered Wolf Run Shoals an essential crossing point on the Occoquan River through 1963. Confederate regiments camped on the south side of the shoals and posted pickets there from the winte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12RY_devereux-station_Clifton-VA.html
Devereux Station, constructed in 1863 on the Orange and Alexandria (O&A) Railroad, was located down the tracks to your left. After the Confederate army withdrew from northern Virginia toward Richmond in March 1862, the U.S. Military Railroad (USMR…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7DV_union-mills-historic-site_Clifton-VA.html
In the late 18th century, following the American Revolution, this area of Fairfax County began to be referred to as Union Mills. Covering five or six square miles between Popes Head Run and Johnny Moore Run, it was recognized for its water powered…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K1_devereux-station_Clifton-VA.html
In 1863, during the Civil War, Pennsylvanian Herman Haupt, a noted bridge designer and the superintendent of Union military railroads, commissioned John Devereux, the railroad superintendent in Alexandria, to build a siding on the Orange & Alexand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K0_ivakota-farm_Clifton-VA.html
On this land stood Ivakota Farm, founded as a Progressive Era reform school and home for unwed mothers and their children. In 1915 Ella Shaw donated her 264-acre farm to the National Florence Crittenton Mission (NFCM). Named for the states where s…