Culpeper County / Rappahannock County

Culpeper County. Area 284 square miles. Formed in 1748 from Orange, and named for Lord Culpeper, Governor of Virginia 1680–1683. The battle of Cedar Mountain, 1862, was fought in this county.

Rappahannock County. Area 274 square miles. Formed in 1833 from ...

Mockbee Farm

The Thos. Mockbee Farmhouse stood here. On Oct. 22, 1864 when, after the Confederates had forced a crossing of the Big Blue to the east 300 men of the 2nd Kas. Militia were north of the farmhouse where they formed ...

Tyler County Courthouse

After the creation of Tyler County in 1846 and the subsequent selection of Woodville as a county seat, this block was set aside for use as the courthouse square and the first courthouse was completed by February 1849. In November ...

State Cemetery of Texas

Burial ground for the honored dead of Texas, this cemetery contains the remains of Stephen F. Austin, the “Father of Texas”; nine Governors of Texas (as of 1968); and representatives of every period of state history and every department of ...

Old Log Church

On land granted by John Schell for the purpose of erecting a union church, construction of this primitive log church building was begun in 1806 by the Reformed and Lutheran Congregations of this area.

Marker is on Lincoln Highway (U.S. 30) ...

The Edwards House

The house was originally constructed by Daniel Washington Biggs and his business partner in the late 1880s. They owned a large sawmill in the area and needed a place to board northern lumber buyers visiting their mill. It operated as ...

"Robbers Row"

After the occupation of Hilton Head,

a civilian town grew up to serve the

needs of the large Union base and

its garrison here. The town boasted

a hotel, a theater, 2 newspapers, and

numerous stores, centering along a

street, officially Suttlers Row, which

ran ...

In Memory of All Vietnam Veterans

This memorial was erected in memory of the young individuals who went to war as kids and lost their youthful dreams, and some their lives, for a cause – freedom and honor – and came back as men with the ...

State Bar of Texas

On July 15, 1882, a volunteer organization of Texas attorneys known as the Texas Bar Association was established in Galveston, with Judge Thomas J. Devine as the first president. The forerunner of the State Bar of Texas, the group met ...

Navajo Code Talkers

Departure

29 Marines prepare to depart during World War II

Marker is on East Historic Route 66 (New Mexico Route 118), on the right when traveling west.

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