Historical Marker Search

You searched for City|State|Country: , va us

Showing results 1 to 10 of 38
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VIW_dr-copter-flying-medicine-to-tangier-historical_Topping-VA.html
Every week for more than thirty years Dr. David Buell Nichols made the voyage from Hummel Field in Middlesex County to Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay to administer health care to those in need. For an island with no resident doctor, the soun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1I_compass-rose-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
Early Compass Rose The compass rose originated around 1200 AD. It evolved from the wind rose, a device that used a wind vane and card with a rose-like design to indicated wind direction. The compass was born when first a lodestone, then a magneti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U1H_flagpole-and-flag-etiquette-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
A gaff-rigged flagpole The flagpole you see before you is a gaff-rigged with a yardarm or crosstree. The pole is 40 feet tall and 8 inches in diameter at its base. It sits in a 12 inch by 48 inch steel flagpole ground sleeve buried approximately …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U0I_smiths-snapshot-historical_Urbanna-VA.html
(panel 1) Smith's Snapshot The semi-permanent nature of their towns reflected the highly sustainable lifestyle of Virginia's Indians. They located towns next to waterways, in places with the best soils. As farming depleted nearby land, inhabit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U04_captain-john-smiths-shallop-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
Explorer is a full scale replica of the boat Captain John Smith used to explore and map Chesapeake Bay 1607-1608. The boat was built by the Deltaville Maritime Museum as a community project to help Jamestown celebrate her 400th birthday in 2007. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1U02_fish-story-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
(panel 1) Fish Story Nearby Stingray Point was named for a fish that almost killed John Smith in July 1608. After running aground in the sandy flats near the point, the explorers speared fish with their swords as they waited for the tide to ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TZ2_confederate-boarding-cutter-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
The vessel and wagon you see before you are a representation of an idea by one of the most illustrious military men to fight in Middlesex County during the Civil War, John Taylor Wood. The grandson of Zachery Taylor and the nephew of Jefferson Dav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TZ1_oyster-tonging-historical_Deltaville-VA.html
Oysters were originally harvested by the Powhatan or colonist by wading into the water and picking them up off the oyster bar, but as the number of people eating the oysters increased, boats were needed to collect them from bars farther out into t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3M_naval-actions-on-wilton-creek-and-the-rappahannock-river_Hartfield-VA.html
In Aug. 1863, Confederate Navy Lt. John Taylor Wood, moving overland with boarding cutters carried on modified wagons and a contingent of 82 men, embarked on an expedition to attack Union ships. At Wilton Creek, Wood and his men repulsed forces fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F3J_morgan-v-virginia_Saluda-VA.html
The resistance of Irene Morgan (1917-2007) to segregation led to an important court case. On 16 July 1944, Morgan refused to give up her seat on a Greyhound bus to a white passenger. After a struggle with Middlesex County sheriffs she was arrested…
PAGE 1 OF 4