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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMV1A_daniel-bowman-mill-at-silver-lake_Dayton-VA.html
During the Civil War, the Daniel Bowman Mill occupied this site, grinding wheat brought here by Rockingham County farmers. The county was part of the prosperous agricultural region known as the "breadbasket of the Confederacy." It was no accident …
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/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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQC_dayton_Dayton-VA.html
In the fall of 1864, attacks by Confederate raiders and bushwhackers angered Federal officers in the Shenandoah Valley. On September 22, Union soldiers captured a hapless man named Davy Getz near Woodstock who was wearing civilian clothes and carr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMA9F_shenandoah-college-and-shenandoah-conservatory-of-music_Dayton-VA.html
This plaque designates the former location of Shenandoah College and Shenandoah Conservatory of Music and is dedicated in honor of the community that served the many students, faculty, and staff who passed through its halls. The new campus and ins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7JQ_lt-col-thomas-f-wildes_Dayton-VA.html
In memory of Lt. Col. Thomas F. Wildes, 116th Ohio Regiment, who, when ordered by Gen. Sheridan to burn the town of Dayton, Va. in retaliation for the death of a Union officer, refused to obey that order, risking court-martial and disgrace. His re…