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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEB_the-burwell-morgan-mill_Boyce-VA.html
This grist mill, built in 1782-85 by General Daniel Morgan of Saratoga and Colonel Nathaniel Burwell of Carter Hall, was in continuous operation until 1943. Now owned by the Clarke County Historical Association.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM9T_clark-county-fauquier-county_Boyce-VA.html
(east-facing side)Clark County.Area 171 square miles · Formed in 1836 from Frederick and added to from Warren. Named for George Rogers Clark, conqueror of the northwest. Lord Fairfax and General Daniel Morgan, revolutionary hero, lived in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7J_ashbys-gap_Paris-VA.html
Ashby's Gap was named in honor of John Ashby, a leader among local pioneers and reputedly the first person to haul a hogshead of tobacco through this gap. Part of the house standing just to the south may have been erected in the 1740s by Thomas As…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6U_clarke-county-courthouse_Berryville-VA.html
The year after Clarke County was formed in 1836, construction began on a brick courthouse based on county justice David Meade's design. The courthouse was remodeled in the Neoclassical style about 1850 when the portico and cupola were added. Portr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4K_appalachian-trail-and-bears-den_Bluemont-VA.html
This 2,100-mile-long hiking path passes through 14 states from Mount Katahdin, Me., to Springer Mountain, Ga., along the ridges of the Appalachian Mountains. Conceived in 1921 by Benton MacKaye, the trail was completed in 1937. It was designated a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4G_battle-of-cool-spring_Berryville-VA.html
To draw Union troops from Petersburg to Washington, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked the capital's defenses on July 11, 1864. He then withdrew to the Shenandoah Valley, where he had left Gen. John C. Breckinridge's division to hold the She…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49_the-retreat_Bluemont-VA.html
One and a half miles north is The Retreat, home to three distinguished generations of the Parker family. Thomas Parker, a general in the War of 1812, constructed this imposing Federal-style house in 1799. Richard Parker, his nephew, was a U.S. Sen…