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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GW4_falling-spring-falls_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Welcome to Falling Spring Falls in the Heart of the Alleghany Highlands.
According to the book, "Historical Sketches of the Alleghany
Highlands" by Gay Arritt, 82 acres of land including, the
Falling Spring Falls was granted by King Geor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BY9_union-hurst-school_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Union Hurst, a school for African Americans, was built near here on Pine Hurst Heights Road between 1924 and 1925. The school was built with the assistance of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a program that helped build some 5,000 schools for African Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BQ4_virginia-hot-springs-company-world-war-memorial_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Erected 1920 by the Virginia Hot Springs Company commemorating the planting of trees along this boulevard. A memorial of patriotism and a tribute of honor to the employees of this Company and the men of Bath County who in 1917 and 1918 served in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BPX_letitia-pate-whitehead-evans_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Born In Thaxton, Bedford County, Lettie PateWhitehead Evans played a major role In the earlydistribution of bottled Coca-Cola. She was oneof the first women members of the board ofdirectors of a major American corporation,serving on the board of T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BLH_garth-newel_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Artist William Sergeant Kendall (1869-1938) and his wife Christine Herter Kendall (1890-1981) built this house soon after they arrived in Virginia in 1922. Garth Newel, Welsh for "New Home," served as their residence and studio. A student of Thoma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6_fort-breckenridge_Hot-Springs-VA.html
Three miles west at the mouth of Falling Spring Creek was a post garrisoned by militia under Capt. Robert Breckenridge. Washington inspected it in 1756. It survived an attack by Shawnees under Cornstalk during Pontiac's war in 1763.