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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKS_people-and-the-land_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
American Indians occupied the region at least 13,000 years ago. They hunted game and gathered nature's bounty while residing in temporary seasonal camps. Approximately 3,000 years ago, they began to grow crops and establish permanent villages.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKR_civilian-conservation-corps_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), originally designed as a New Deal Program under the administration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, provided work for young men during the Depression Era, a time of excessive unemployment. From 1933-42…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRKQ_in-support-of-american-defense_Fort-Hunt-VA.html
Fort Hunt played a key role in military development and defense. It was used as a major fortification during the Spanish-American War, as a logistical/training support center during peacetime, and as a military installation during WWI and WWII.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQZB_first-battle-of-manassas_Centreville-VA.html
McDowell gathered his forces here, July 18, 1861, to attack Beauregard, who lay west of Bull Run. From here a part of the Union army moved north to cross Bull Run and turn the Confederate left wing, July 21, 1861. This movement brought on the battle.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQ49_fairfax-monument_Fort-Belvoir-VA.html
This monument, erected circa 1924 by the Fairfax family, memorializes William Fairfax, who built Belvoir, and his wife Deborah Clarke, who died in 1757 and 1747, respectively. The monument also honors Thomas and William Henry Fairfax, two of Willi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPWR_vale-school-vale-community-house_Oakton-VA.html
Vale School was built as a one-room public school ca. 1884. A second room was added in 1912. The school closed in 1931 when many small Fairfax County schools were consolidated. In 1934, women of this farming community formed Vale Home Demonstratio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPD1_ilda_El-Paso-VA.html
Ilda, a community located at the intersection ofGuinea Road and Little River Turnpike, came into existence after the Civil War and lasted into the first half of the twentieth century. It originated when two freedmen, Horace Gibson and Moses Parker…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP34_orange-and-alexandria-railroad_Springfield-VA.html
Accotink Park Road lies on the right-of-way of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, which linked markets in northern and central Virginia. Construction began in March 1850, and the line was extended to Manassas in 1851 and to Gordonsville in March …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNNA_hunter-mill-road_Oakton-VA.html
Considered to be a main north/south route from Fairfax Court House. Hunter Mill Road served as a key passageway for Union and Confederate traffic during the Civil War. The road was used to travel to and from the great battles of First and Second M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNLA_mosby-attacks-annandale_Annandale-VA.html
Shortly before 5 A.M. on Wednesday, 24 August 1864, Lt. Col. John Singleton Mosby with about 300 Confederate Rangers and two field artillery pieces opened fire from the west side of the Accotink Creek valley on a Union stockade located in Annandal…