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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPH_windmill-point_Newport-News-VA.html
This plantation was homesite of Miles Cary, Sr. who came from England in 1645 at the age of 22. He was killed defending Old Point Comfort against the Dutch June 10, 1667. His grave nearby is said to be the oldest in Newport News. Father of Miles C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPG_providence-mennonite-church_Newport-News-VA.html
In 1897, a group of largely Midwestern Amish and Mennonite families, attracted by inexpensive farmland and rich timberland located near the growing urban center of Newport News, moved here to found the Mennonite Colony, an agrarian religious commu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPF_hidenwood_Newport-News-VA.html
This historic acreage, formerly an extensive tract of Warwick County timberland known in colonial days as Nutmeg Quarter, was developed by the Hiden family, 1951 - 1957. The name honors Philip Wallace Hiden (1872-1936), successful businessman, civ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPD_capture-of-the-patriot_Newport-News-VA.html
The 'Patriot", 60-ton Virginia Navy armed schooner commanded by Lieut. James Watkins, was charged with the defense of Warwick Co. inhabitants then harassed by British plundering expeditions. In April 1781, in the James River offshore, the 'Patriot…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPB_skirmish-at-waters-creek_Newport-News-VA.html
Capt. Edward Waters gave his name to Waters Creek when patented land here in 1624. In the spring of 1781 a force of 30 mounted militia led by Capt. Edward Mallory repulsed a British foraging party loaded with plunder near the mouth of the creek. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMPA_hilton-village_Newport-News-VA.html
The nation's first Federal war-housing project, this planned community was sponsored by the U. S. Shipping Board and the Newport News Shipyard on the site of J. Pembroke Jones' Warwick County farm "Hilton". It was opened July 7, 1918, and sold to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMOW_ferguson-park_Newport-News-VA.html
To provide emergency accommodation for shipbuilders on the eve of World War II, the U. S. Navy set up a 5,000 person housing development in 1940 on 68 acres between Warwick Road and James River. The first tenants moved into 100 prefab buildings in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMOV_ferguson-park_Newport-News-VA.html
To provide emergency accommodation for shipbuilders on the eve of World War II, the U. S. Navy set up a 5,000 person housing development in 1940 on 68 acres between Warwick Road and James River. The first tenants moved into 100 prefab buildings in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMOT_camp-hill_Newport-News-VA.html
Operated by the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation on land leased from the Old Dominion Land Co. In both World Wars I and II, Camp Hill was named for Confederate Lt. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, C.S.A. During World War I, its over 200 buildings could hous…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMOR_jessie-menifield-rattley-municipal-center_Newport-News-VA.html
Jessie Menifield Rattley (1929-2001) was born in Birmingham, Alabama. She moved to the Virginia Peninsula to attend Hampton Institute. After graduating with honors in 1951, Mrs. Rattley established the first business department at Huntington High …