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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KL_john-tyler_Richmond-VA.html
State Legislator, U.S. CongressmanGovernor of Virginia,U.S. Senator, Vice President of U.S.,Peace Commissioner,Confederate Congressman andtenth President of the United States
This marker was placed in 1949 bythe Head Camp Jurisdiction of Virgin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KK_william-smith_Richmond-VA.html
(On front of granite base): William Smith.Virginia.Born Sep 6th 1797. Died May 18th 1887.1836-40. 1841-42.Member of Virginia Senate.1846-49.Governor of Virginia.1841-43. 1853-61.Member of United States Congress.1861-62.Member of Confederate States…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2KJ_harry-flood-byrd_Richmond-VA.html
State Senator 1916-26Governor of Virginia 1926-30United States Senator 1933-65
The General Assembly of Virginia on March 9, 1974, authorized this memorial to Harry Flood Byrd, of Winchester, Virginia, declaring that "The sum total of this one l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IX_oak-tree-planted-in-honor-of_Richmond-VA.html
Minister of the Gospel, Author, Nobel Laureate, Civil Rights Leader, and Drum Major for Justice.
Dedicated by Mrs. Coretta Scott King, Gov. James S. Gilmore, III, and the Citizens of Virginia on November 14, 2001
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IW_zero-milestone_Richmond-VA.html
(South Face):Zero MilestoneVirginia Highways(East Face):Point for the measurement of distances from Richmond on Highways of Virginia(North Face):North Latitude 37? 32' 23"West Longitude 77? 26' 04"Elevation 166.45 feet above sea level(West Face):E…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2II_edgar-allen-poe_Richmond-VA.html
Presented to the people of Virginia by George Edward Barksdale, M.D. and gratefully accepted by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a tribute of admiration for Poe's scholarly genius as an eminent and vigorous writer and poet.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IG_the-bell-tower_Richmond-VA.html
This tower was built in 1824, on the site of a frame building. It long served as a guard house for the State Guard.
The bell was a fire alarm and was also rung in emergencies. In 1861-1865 it was used to call out local defenders, notably on Apr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2IA_anna-maria-lane_Richmond-VA.html
Near the Bell Tower in Capitol Square stood the barracks of the Public Guard. There, from 1801 to 1807, lived John Lane and his wife, Anna Maria Lane, the only documented woman veteran of the Revolutionary War to reside in Virginia. She disguised …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKN_first-trolley-car-system-in-richmond_Richmond-VA.html
In 1888, the world's first successful electric railway, the Richmond Union Passenger Railway, branched at this point to link downtown and Jackson Ward with the suburbs. This system, designed by Frank Julian Sprague (1857-1934), contained 12 miles …