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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM221S_newtown-east-elkton-school_Elkton-VA.html
The Newtown School, built here in 1921-1922,
served African American students during the
segregation era. Julius Rosenwald, president of
Sears, Roebuck and Co, collaborated with Booker
T. washington in a school-building campaign
beginning in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRH_nature-without-us-for-us-historical_Elkton-VA.html
"The most important function of the wilderness for modern man is the opportunity of glimpsing for a moment what harmony really means."Sigurd Olson, Reflections from the North Country, 1976The Wilderness Act of 1964 says that Wilderness …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TRG_rekindling-nature-historical_Elkton-VA.html
A wildfire swept over this mountain in 1986, burning 4,475 acres in seven days. While dramatic, it certainly wasn't tragic. Fire is nature's way of cleaning house. It keeps the forest healthy by burning leaf litter, dead wood, and even living plan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TB3_pleasure-and-joy-historical_Elkton-VA.html
"Now shall I walk or shall I ride? Ride, Pleasure said. Walk, Joy replied." W.H. DaviesShenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive are the perfect combination of pleasure and joy. Chances are you took a pleasure ride today and found y…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7SJ_first-settler_Elkton-VA.html
"Green Meadows," to the west, was the home of Adam Miller (1703-1783), one of the first Europeans to settle in the valley. The property remained in the Miller (originally Mueller) family from the 1740s through 1936.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B0_jennings-house_Elkton-VA.html
1862 & 1864 Valley Campaigns.This eight-room brick dwelling was built in 1840 for Dr. Simeon B. Jennings, a former resident of Port Republic. At the time of the Civil War, it was one of only half a dozen houses located in the Conrad's Store (prese…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18S_miller-argabright-cover-kite-house_Elkton-VA.html
Less than a month after his defeat at Kernstown, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson retired to the Elk Run Valley to rest his troops and plan for the spring campaign. With his men camped all along Elk Run and into Swift Run Gap, Jackson made his h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKB_alexander-spotswood-discovers-the-valley-of-the-shenandoah_Elkton-VA.html
Twelve men I chose to see the waiting land, Where the rivers are jeweled in sunlight, And the hills are a deep blue ocean with living spars Of pine to catch the clouds and spread white sail. My band, Knights of the Golden Horse Shoe, I led upon a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJI_sic-juvat-transcendere-montes_Elkton-VA.html
In honor of Governor Alexander Spotswood and the Knights of the Horseshoe: John Fontaine · Robert Beverley · William Robertson · Dr. Robinson Todd · James Taylor · Robert Brooke · George Mason · Cap…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJG_knights-of-the-golden-horseshoe_Elkton-VA.html
On 5 Sept. 1716, in this region, it is believed, Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood and his party of government officials, gentry, Native Americans, soldiers, and servants crossed the Blue Ridge Mountains into the Shenandoah Valley. Their adv…