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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20JA_mountain-contrast_Stanley-VA.html
To your right, if visibility permits, you can see the parallel ridges of Massanutten Mountain and other mountains beyond. Compare those long straight ridges with the ragged, jumbled look of the Blue Ridge Mountains in front of you. Different geolo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TB4_guarding-the-past-historical_Stanley-VA.html
"In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures." Frank Gehry, architectHistoric preservation honors and saves our past. Preservation, both natural and cultural, is a mission and mandate of the National Park…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TAT_getting-to-know-the-air-you-breathe-historical_Stanley-VA.html
"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,Nothing is going to get better. It's Not. - The Lorax, Dr. SeussEvery living thing is affected by what's in the air. To protect and improve air quality, it's vital to know what's in the air, h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQV_big-meadows-lodge_Stanley-VA.html
has been placed on theNational Registerof Historic Placesby the United StatesDepartment of the InteriorApril 28, 1997
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUQT_dark-hollow_Stanley-VA.html
Hollows cut into the face of the mountain are the work of the streams that flow through them. Down Dark Hollow flows Hog Camp Branch which drains Big Meadows Swamp. Along the Dark Hollow Trail you may see how the stream works to cut its valley dee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAQF_jacksons-2nd-corps-established_Stanley-VA.html
Having remained with his commandin the vicinity of Winchester since theBattle of Sharpsburg/Antietam, byNovember 22, 1862, Gen. Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson was again onthe march. With more than 32,000soldiers, Jackson's force made itsway up the s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMACO_graves-chapel_Stanley-VA.html
On November 24, 1862, Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson moved through Page County toward Fisher's Gap to rejoin the main body of the Army of Northern Virginia, then near Fredericksburg. Jackson was in command of the newly organized Second Corps, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KM_national-park-service-ccc-camps_Stanley-VA.html
Six Civilian Conservation Corps camps in the area which became Shenandoah National Park were at Big Meadows, Skyland, Pinnacles, Piney River, Baldface, and Dundo from 1933 to 1942.
Camp Fechner, near here, was named in honor of Robert Fechner, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8IZ_stonewall-jacksons-marches_Stanley-VA.html
The Shenandoah Valley below was the scene of much of Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's activity, during the first two years of the Civil War. His swift and secret marches earned his troops the name of "foot cavalry."
Jackson's…