Reaville Historical District

Formerly "Greenville" named after Runkell Rea. He built a general store in 1834. Became first postmaster in 1850. This was a stop on the stage line to York, Pa. The first English Presbyterian Church was moved to this site in ...

Loris Training School

[Marker Front]

Loris Training School, which stood here from 1928 to 1955, was the first school for black students in Loris and other nearby communities. Built at a cost of $4,700, it was one of more than 5000 schools in the ...

Hauge Log Church - 1852

Early Norse pioneers who realized a need for a house of worship built the first Norwegian Lutheran Church in western Dane County from logs in the winter of 1851-52. First services held May 27, 1852 by the Rev. A.C. Preus. ...

Emory and Henry College

One mile north is Emory and Henry College, founded in 1836, the first institution of higher learning in southwest Virginia. It was named for Bishop John Emory of the Methodist Church and Patrick Henry, the orator of the Revolution. Four ...

Flemington Raid

Near here British cavalry were routed by Capt. John

Schenck's militia Dec. 1776. British Geary was killed and buried on field.

Marker is on U.S. 202, on the right when traveling north.

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Green Sea Baptist Church

[Marker Front]

This church, known as Honey Camp Baptist Church until 1924, was founded in 1807. It is the mother church to several Baptist churches in eastern S.C., including Spring Branch (1830), Pleasant View (1875), Mt. Zion (1887), Mt. Olive (1890), ...

Four Locks

Four Locks – locks 47 through 50 – were built between 1836 and 1838, all within a half-mile stretch of the canal. Nestled amongst these four locks, a close-knit community thrived while the canal was in operation. Businesses prospered, meeting ...

Coronet Geary Trail

British officer Francis Geary killed near here in a 1776 skirmish. He is buried to the northeast off Geary’s Ridge Road.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 202 and Cornet Way, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 202. ...

Edwardsville Veterans Memorial

To Honor Those Who

Serve Our Country

"Some Give All

All Give Some"

Marker is on 3rd Street near Trant Street, on the right when traveling south.

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First Original Federal Boundary Stone

District of Columbia

Placed April 15, 1791. Protected by Mount Vernon Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, April 30, 1926.

Marker can be reached from South Street near South Washington Street (Virginia Route 400).

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