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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4DB_the-origins-of-lake-accotink_West-Springfield-VA.html
Indigenous People. The original inhabitants of the lands around Accotink Creek lived as semi-sedentary hunters and gatherers who moved seasonally to fallow game. These peoples spoke varying forms of the Algonquin language. The river system provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XW_the-orange-and-alexandria-railroad-trestle_West-Springfield-VA.html
The original bridge crossing Accotink Creek was built in 1851 as part of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad. During the Civil War the wooden trestle was an attractive target for Confederate soldiers. In his 28 Dec. 1862 raid on Burke's Station, Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16B_orange-and-alexandria-rr_West-Springfield-VA.html
The Lake Accotink access road here lies atop the original road bed of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, chartered in 1849 to link the port city of Alexandria with Gordonsville in central Virginia. After the war began in 1861, railroads became st…