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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VLV_harold-j-neale-historical_Providence-Forge-VA.html
Virginia's first State Highway Landscape Engineer, Mr. Neale served in that position from 1930 to 1957 and was recognized nationally as a pioneer in roadside and rest area development. This facility is dedicated in his honor by a grateful Commonwe…
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Virginia's first State Highway Landscape Engineer - Mr. Neale served in theat position from 1930 to 1957 and was recognized nationally as a pioneer in roadside and rest area development. This facility is dedicated in his honor by a grateful Common…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM161C_john-smith-captured-by-virginia-indians_Providence-Forge-VA.html
John Smith explored the upper Chickahominy River in December 1607. He left his boat and seven of his crew at Apocant, the highest town on the river in the upper part of what is today the lake. Two crew members departed with Smith and two Chickahom…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMB03_letitia-christian-tyler_Providence-Forge-VA.html
Letitia Christian Tyler, wife of President John Tyler, is buried at Cedar Grove Cemetery a mile northeast. Born on 12 November 1790, a daughter of Robert and Mary Browne Christian, she married John Tyler at her home, Cedar Grove, on 29 March 1813.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZQ_chickahominy-indians_Providence-Forge-VA.html
One mile south is the home of descendants of the Chickahominy Indians, a powerful tribe at the time of the settlement of Jamestown. Chickahominies were among the Indians who took Captain John Smith prisoner in December 1607. Currently two state-re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZP_state-game-farm_Providence-Forge-VA.html
The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries established the first Virginia State Game Farm nearby in 1920. The state initially raised quail in captivity there to restock the birds throughout Virginia. The game farm was one of the earliest state fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZO_providence-forge_Providence-Forge-VA.html
Here about 1770, Charles Jeffery Smith, a Presbyterian minister, settled and, with William Holt, built a forge for making farm implements. Francis Jerdone became a partner in 1771. A militia camp was established here in 1781, and Lafayette was her…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAZM_forge-bridge_Providence-Forge-VA.html
The site of Forge Bridge over the Chickahominy River is located about a mile south of here. On 14 June 1862, Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and his cavalry brigade crossed there on their famous ride around Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAYY_long-bridge_Providence-Forge-VA.html
One mile south is Long Bridge over the Chickahominy River. Benedict Arnold sent Simcoe there in the British invasion of 1781. Longstreet crossed there in the Peninsular Campaign, May, 1862. Grant's Fifth and Second Corps crossed there, in June, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMAYV_long-bridge_Providence-Forge-VA.html
In a well-coordinated movement, Grant's army crept away from the grim experience at Cold Harbor and marched rapidly for the Chickahominy River crossings.
A Union soldier writing home from Long Bridge on June 13, 1864, was not impressed: "I thin…