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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM47F_the-cannon_Annandale-VA.html
This Model 1905 three inch field gunsaw service in the Mexican Campaignagainst Pancho Villa, and wasoriginally obtained by a local veteransorganization during the mid-1950s.In the early 1980s, American LegionBicentennial Post 1976, Annandale,obtai…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM43V_civil-war-fortifications_Centreville-VA.html
In the winter of 1861-1862, Centreville was the linchpin of extensive fortifications erected by Confederate troops to protect their winter quarters and block anticipated Union advances. The earthworks stretched nearly eight miles south and west of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3X6_manassas-gap-railroad-independent-line_Centreville-VA.html
The roadbed of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad from Gainesville to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. The nearby stone bridge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3QQ_baileys-crossroads_Falls-Church-VA.html
In 1837 Hachaliah Bailey (1774-1845) from Westchester County, New York, purchased 526 acres in the northeast quadrant formed by the intersection of Leesburg and Columbia Pikes. Here he built his home, known as "Moray," which was destroyed by fire …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MT_burkes-station-raid_Mantua-VA.html
Burke's Station, four miles south, was raided by Stuart's cavalry, December, 1862. Stuart telegraphed to Washington complaining of the bad quality of the mules he had captured—a famous joke.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3MJ_the-guinea-road-cemetery-reinterment_Annandale-VA.html
Virginia aristocrat William Fitzhugh was granted 21,996 acres in 1694: The Ravensworth tract, which was divided into northern and southern halves in 1701 and subsequently subdivided among Fitzhugh heirs throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. The …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3LS_newington_Lorton-VA.html
Newington was the name given to the second Truro Parish Glebe House completed in 1760 after it became the private residence of Richard and Sarah McCarty Chichester after 1767. The William Nevitt family acquired the house and 1000 acre tract in 182…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3G3_baileys-crossroads-civil-war-engagements_Falls-Church-VA.html
After the First Battle of Manassas, Confederate troops led by Col. J.E.B. Stuart occupied nearby Munson's and Mason's Hills from late July until they abandoned their position about 29 Sept. 1861. Confederate troops fought skirmishers of the Union …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37V_odricks-corner_McLean-VA.html
In 1872 Alfred Odrick, a former slave and carpenter, purchased 30 acres and built a house on the south side of Lewinsville Road, later intersected by Spring Hill Road to form Odrick's Corner. By 1879 a one-room schoolhouse, Odrick's School, had be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM37T_frying-pan-meeting-house_Herndon-VA.html
Frying Pan Springs Meeting House was erected c. 1791 on land granted by Robert "Counsellor" Carter to a group of "Old School" Baptists. In addition to local farmers the fundamentalist beliefs of its members also attracted free blacks and slaves to…