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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUY9_shenandoahs-deer_Crozet-VA.html
"Look! There's a deer!" Visitors often exclaim these words in Shenandoah national park-an amazing fact since deer were not here in 1926 when Congress authorized Shenandoah. Years of hunting and other human activity had eliminated them. In 1934, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUY7_big-run-watershed_Crozet-VA.html
Rocky Top, the high ridge to your left, Brown Mt., straight ahead and Loft Mt., behind you, enclose an eleven square mile watershed, the largest in the Park.One inch of rainfall on this area amounts to nearly 200 million gallons. Some of this wate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQAZ_joseph-funk_Singers-Glen-VA.html
March 9, 1777Dec. 24, 1862 "Father of song in Northern Virginia"Teacher, translator, authorPublisher, printer In 1816 he published "Choral Music"; in 1832 the first edition of "Genuine Church Music." Here in 1847 he and his sons began printi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN13_rockingham-county-west-virginia_Hinton-VA.html
(West Side):Rockingham CountyDuring its October 1777 session, the Virginia General Assembly carved Rockingham County out of a large portion of Augusta County. The first court was held on 27 April 1778. Rockingham County was named for Charles Watso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLH8_rockingham-county-augusta-county_Bridgewater-VA.html
(Obverse)Rockingham CountyArea 876 Square MilesFormed in 1778 from Augusta, and named for the Marquis of Rockingham, British statesman. John Sevier, of Tennessee, was born in this county. In it took place the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGG_bridgewater-college_Bridgewater-VA.html
Founded near this site in 1880, the college is now located 4.3 miles east in the town of Bridgewater. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Church of the Brethren. It grew out of the Spring Creek Normal School and Collegiate Institute a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLGF_first-church-in-rockingham-county_Dayton-VA.html
The first church in Rockingham County was built on this site in 1747 on land owned by Captain Daniel Harrison of the colonial militia. Serving as a "Chapel of Ease" for Augusta Parish, the first building is believed to have been built of logs. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKA2_dr-jessee-bennett_Linville-VA.html
Near Edom, Virginia, on January 14, 1794, in a heroic effort to save his wife, Elizabeth, and child, Dr. Jessee Bennett performed the first successful Caesarian section and oophorectomy to be done in America.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAR1_famous-travelers-along-the-turnpike_Bridgewater-VA.html
In its 82 year history, the Warm Springs Turnpike was used by many noted travelers. Daniel Boone, when an old man, used the road when he visited the sons of his boyhood friend Henry Miller at Mossy Creek Ironworks to the south of Bridgewater. He s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQD_fort-harrison_Dayton-VA.html
Daniel Harrison settled about 1745 at the headwaters of Cook's Creek where it is believed he built the stone portion of the present house. During the decades 1750-1770, when this area was the frontier of the colony, the house served the settlers a…
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