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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHZH_tracks-into-history_Hamilton-VA.html
The railroad that became the Washington & Old Dominion was born in Alexandria in response to the competition in shipping posed by the port in Baltimore, which was served by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The B&O was diverting farm produce from the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHWR_hamilton-station_Hamilton-VA.html
One of the oldest on the line, Hamilton's train station dates from 1870. It was not in the original plan. When the Alexandria, Loudoun & Hampshire Railway (later the Washington & Old Dominion) was established in the 1840s, its owners intended to h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4GP_loudoun-branch-manassas-gap-railroad_Hamilton-VA.html
The Virginia General Assembly approved plans for the Loudoun Branch (parts of which survive here) of the Manassas Gap Railroad on 8 March 1853, and construction soon began. The route extended 27 miles from just southwest of Chantilly on the main r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21U_goose-creek-friends-oakdale-school_Hamilton-VA.html
Oakdale School house was built in 1815. It served as a Quaker school until 1885, a few years after the opening of the Public Schools.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21F_goose-creek-historic-district_Hamilton-VA.html
Goose Creek Historic District has been registered as a Virginia Historic Landmark pursuant to the authority vested in the Viginia Historic Landmarks Commission Act of 1966.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM48_major-general-ben-h-fuller_Hamilton-VA.html
Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller was born in Michigan on 27 Feb. 1870. He was graduated from the U.S. Navy Academy in 1889 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps in 1891. Fuller married Katherine H. Offley on 26 Oct. 1862, and they in…