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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM18MA_booker-t-washington-birthplace_Wirtz-VA.html
Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the nearby Burroughs plantation on April 5, 1856. He was graduated from Hampton Institute in 1875 where he became an instructor. Because of his achievements as an educator, he was selected to establish a no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XZ_ferrum-college_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Ten miles southwest is Ferrum, named for iron mines nearby. Ferrum College was established by the Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church in 1913 through the influence of its Woman's Society of Christian Service. It became a junior college exc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XX_carolina-road_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Here through the Maggoty Gap, the Great Wagon Road from Philadelphia to Georgia, known locally as the Carolina Road, passes through the Blue Ridge. Originating as the Great Warrior Path of the Iroquois centuries before, the path was frequently use…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XW_fort-blackwater_Rocky-Mt-VA.html
Near here stood a stockade erected by Capt. Nathaniel Terry and garrisoned by men under his command. Washington made "Terry's Fort" a link in his chain of forts and inspected it in the fall of 1756.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16XQ_franklin-county-henry-county_Bassett-VA.html
Franklin CountyArea 697 Square Miles———————-Formed in 1785 from Henryand Bedford and added tofrom Patrick. Named forBenjamin Franklin. GeneralJubal A. Early lived inthis county.Henry CountyArea 444 Square …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13M6_roanoke-county-franklin-county_Boones-Mill-VA.html
Roanoke CountyArea 305 Square MilesFormed in 1838 from Botetourt and Montgomery, and probably named for Roanoke River. General Andrew Lewis lived here. The city of Roanoke is known as the Gate City of the South.Franklin CountyArea 697 Square Miles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKRC_st-matthews-lutheran-church-christian-day-school_Meherrin-VA.html
In 1880 a German Lutheran minister, the Rev. W. R. Buehler, a well-educated man who had worked for five years as a missionary in Africa, moved with his family to Green Bay, Virginia. He had not been in Green Bay long when the black community, know…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEQ0_king-george-county-westmoreland-county_Colonial-Beach-VA.html
(Obverse)King George CountyArea 180 Square MilesFormed in 1720 from Richmond, and named for King George I. James Madison, "Father of the American Constitution" and President of the United States, was born in this county.
(Reverse)Westmoreland C…