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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T4H_rockfish-gap-historical_Waynesboro-VA.html
Although work began on Skyline Drive in 1933, the vision of extending the scenic roadway to connect to the planned Blue Ridge Parkway was not realized until 1939 when the final section, Jarman Gap to Rockfish Gap was completed.Rangers welcomed vis…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15OA_jacksons-valley-campaign_Waynesboro-VA.html
Brown's Gap, ? of a mile north, was one of the strategic mountain passes used in the spring of 1862 by Stonewall Jackson near the beginning and end of his whirlwind offensive. His secret military strategy took full advantage of the complex topogra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMROL_waynesboro_Waynesboro-VA.html
Here, on one of the first roads west of the Blue Ridge, a hamlet stood in colonial times. The Walker exploring expedition started from this vicinity in 1748. Here, in June, 1781, the Augusta militia assembled to join Lafayette in the east. A town …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRDX_fishburne-military-school_Waynesboro-VA.html
James Abbott Fishburne, an honor graduate of Washington College inspired by its president, Robert E. Lee, opened in 1879 with 24 students what eventually became Fishburne Military School. Staunton architectural firm T.J. Collins & Son designed the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRDU_walnut-grove_Waynesboro-VA.html
Archibald Stuart - Revolutionary soldier, legislator, and judge-was born here March 19, 1757, at the home of his grandfather and namesake, an early settler. The property was acquired by William A. Pratt in 1868 and G. Julian Pratt in 1900.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRB6_w-j-loth_Waynesboro-VA.html
Pioneer 19th century Waynesboro industrialist.On this site stood the home of William J. Loth, founder of the W. J. Loth Stove Company of Waynesboro, which produced coal and wood-burning stoves, and pioneered in the manufacture and sale of electric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRB4_port-republic-road-historic-district_Waynesboro-VA.html
This is Waynesboro's oldest intact neighborhood. It coalesced as a community about 1870, just after the Civil War, when formerly enslaved individuals moved here to work in nearby industries and on railroads. The African American residents construc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAV9_the-barger-house_Staunton-VA.html
Relocated from its original site approximately fifty miles to the south on Little Patterson's Creek in Botetourt County, Virginia, the Barger home, immediately in front of you, is an operational pre-Civil War farmstead from the Valley of Virginia.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAV5_plumb-house_Waynesboro-VA.html
The Plumb House was built between 1802 and 1806 on what was then the western edge of Waynesboro. While fighting did not occur here until late in the war, the community felt its impact early on. Henry Plumb, who lived here, was mortally wounded at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAV1_william-h-harman-monument_Waynesboro-VA.html
William H. HarmanColonel, C.S.A.Born Feb. 17, 1828Killed in action at Waynesboro Mar 2, 1865.He was a lieutenant of a com-pany from Augusta Countyin the Mexican War; after-wards Brig. General in theVirginia Militia; appointedLieut Col. 5th Virgini…