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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM143I_fairfax-station_Fairfax-Station-VA.html
Fairfax Station, established on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in 1851, was originally known as Lee's Station until 1852. It served the town of Providence, location of the Fairfax County Court House. A small community, mostly Irish, grew near …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13KK_shiloh-baptist-church_Lorton-VA.html
According to tradition, African Americans from the Mason Neck area and others who had recently moved to Virginia from Maryland formed a religious congregation in 1869. They built a log church on the north side of Gunston Road in 1878 where their c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12ZA_the-laughlin-building_McLean-VA.html
This building, dedicated in 1988 by William and Dara Laughlin, replaced a long-standing McLean landmark. In 1906, Matthew J. Laughlin, owner of a nearby dairy farm, purchased this lot. He built a residence/store here, which became a focal point of…
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/HM12QC_st-johns-episcopal-church_Centreville-VA.html
Passing armies occupied and fortified Centreville, positioned between Washington, D.C., and Manassas Junction, beginning in July 1861 when Confederate and Union forces met during the war's first significant campaign. As American and British journa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12PY_southwest-no-8-boundary-marker_Seven-Corners-VA.html
The U.S. Government erected 40 sandstone markers on the boundaries of the District of Columbia in 1791 and 1792. The boundary survey was initiated by President George Washington and executed by Andrew Ellicott, who became Surveyor General of the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12E7_battle-of-lewinsville_McLean-VA.html
On September 11, 1861, Lt. Orlando Poe led a party of U.S. Army Topographical Engineers to map the area around Lewinsville for military use. Col. Isaac Stevens and 1,800 men protected the engineers. Stevens's command included the 79th New York (Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113Y_florence-jodzies_Oakton-VA.html
Here in 1934, at her home Harmony Farm, Florence Jodzies founded the Vale Home Demonstration Club, affiliated with the Virginia Cooperative Extension Service. An excellent speaker and writer, Jodzies campaigned for better living conditions in rura…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10VO_cavalry-engagement-near-hunters-mill_Vienna-VA.html
On 26 Nov. 1861, a 120-man detachment of Col. Robert Ransom Jr.'s 1st North Carolina Cavalry attacked 94 men of the 3rd Pennsylvania Cavalry under Capt. Charles Bell. Ransom's men took Bell's detachment from the rear as the Pennsylvanians headed n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXC3_the-patowmack-canal_McLean-VA.html
The shallow ditch behind this sign marks the bed of the Great Falls portion of the Patowmack Canal. A system of by-passes to provide riverboats easy passage around waterfalls in the Potomac River; it was promoted by George Washington, and built be…