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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMCVQ_the-farm_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Farm stands on a 1020-acre tract acquired by Nicholas Meriwether in 1735 and later owned by Col. Nicholas Lewis, uncle of Meriwether Lewis. A building on the property likely served as headquarters for British Col. Banastre Tarleton briefly in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6E_landscape-changes_Charlottesville-MA.html
At the time of the Battle, this area was a cleared pasture owned by Samuel Brooks, whose house is on Battle Road before you. In contrast to today's forested landscape, the 1775 landscape was predominantly open farmland. A common myth about the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6D_trades-along-the-battle-road_Charlottesville-MA.html
In 1775, the house before you was the home of Job and Anna Brooks, and their children Asa and Anna. Across the street was the home of cousin Joshua Brooks and his family. From the late 17th century until the 19th century, there was a tannery at…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC6C_site-of-old-swan-tavern_Charlottesville-VA.html
Site of old Swan Tavern where lived and died Jack Jouett, whose heroic ride saved Mr. Jefferson, the Governor, and the Virginia Assembly from capture by Tarleton June 1781.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC69_jack-jouetts-ride_Charlottesville-VA.html
On 4 June 1781, John "Jack" Jouett Jr. arrived at the Albemarle County Courthouse to warn the Virginia legislature of approaching British troops. The state government under Governor Thomas Jefferson had retreated from Richmond to reconvene in Char…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC67_gen-alexander-archer-vandegrift_Charlottesville-VA.html
Gen. Alexander Archer Vandegrift was born in Charlottesville on 13 Mar. 1887. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps in 1909 and servedon posts in the Caribbean, Central America,China, and the United States. GeneralVandegrift led American forces in thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBSD_monticello-wine-company_Charlottesville-VA.html
The Monticello Wine Company's four-story brick building was located on the middle of Perry Drive on the north side. Founded in 1873 using grapes from local vineyards, it operated until about the time Prohibition began in Virginia in Nov. 1916. Spu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBS4_charlottesville-woolen-mills_Charlottesville-VA.html
As early as 1795, several types of mills operated here. In 1847, Farish, Jones, and Co., opened a cotton and woolen factory. John A. Marchant gained control of it by 1852 and renamed it the Charlottesville Manufacturing Company. His son, Henry Cla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM36Z_the-three-notch-d-road_Charlottesville-VA.html
Also called Three Chopt Road, this colonial route ran from Richmond to the Shenandoah Valley. It likely took its name from three notches cut into trees to blaze the trail. A major east-west route across central Virginia from the 1730s, it was supe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2QV_charlottesville_Charlottesville-VA.html
Lee and Jackson Parks contain two of Charlottesville's fine examples of public sculpture, gifts of benefactor Paul Goodloe McIntire (1860-1952). The Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson statue was dedicated in 1921,the Robert E. Lee statue in 1924.…
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