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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J6_pioneer-mill_Alexandria-VA.html
(caption)View from Pioneer Mill, looking up at the wharf.
May 1865
Courtesy of Library of Congress.
Pioneer Mill once stood at the end of Duke Street. The photograph shows the many wharves that occupied the blocks where buildings and parks n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J5_alexandria_Alexandria-VA.html
13,000 years ago
The Paleoindian Period
A Native American hunter during the Paleoindian period discards a broken spear point, on a bluff overlooking a tributary to the Potomac River at the southern edge of present-day Alexandria.
The Beginn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26J2_george-washington-memorial-parkway_Alexandria-VA.html
A visit to George Washington's Mount Vernon estate, about nine miles to the south, has long been viewed as a patriotic duty of Americans. In the late 19th century, visitors often traveled there from Washington by boat, stopping first in Alexandria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IV_torpedo-factory-art-center_Alexandria-VA.html
Originally called the United States Naval Torpedo Station, the Torpedo Factory was built during World War I, and was specifically designed for the fabrications of dangerous naval ordnance. The building was barely completed when that war ended in N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IU_christ-church_Alexandria-VA.html
Before the American Revolution, the Church of England was the established church of Virginia and part of the colonial government. For administrative purposes, the colony was divided into "parishes" and all residents paid taxes to maintain church a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IT_lee-fendall-house_Alexandria-VA.html
Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, father of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, purchased several lots on North Washington Street in Alexandria soon after the War for Independence. He lived with his family in a house on Cameron …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IR_alexandria-d-c_Alexandria-VA.html
Alexandria was established by Virginia's colonial assembly in 1749, over four decades the U.S. Congress authorized creation of a national capital on the banks of the Potomac River. Once the final site for the Federal city was selected by President…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IQ_port-city_Alexandria-VA.html
Historically, Alexandria's development moved from east to west, and three distinct areas of the city have unofficially been known as the "West End." The first West End ended at Shuter's Hill, the current site of the George Washington Masonic Natio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IP_carver-school_Alexandria-VA.html
Just two blocks north of this location along Fayette Street (named for the Marquis de Lafayette who visited Alexandria in 1824), near the southwest corner of Queen Street, stood the Old Powder House, dating from 1791-1809. On the same spot, the Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26IO_dr-bernard-stier-o-d-1930-2005_Alexandria-VA.html
Dr. Bernard Stier, O.D. (1930-2005), practiced optometry at this address from the late 1950s to 1998. Dr. Stier moved his practice here after practicing at 716 King Street with his uncle, Dr. Moses Katz, O.D. (1913-1957). A longtime Alexandrian, D…