Drusch-Koeller Building

1885

has been placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

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

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Delta Junction, Alaska

Northern Terminus of the "Alcan" Highway

This highway was constructed during World War II as a military supply route for interior Alaska Military and Airfields in 1942. 7 Army regiments and 42 Contractors and Public Roads Administrators working from Delta Junction ...

Cyrus Hall McCormick

1809 • • • 1884

Native of RockBridge County

Virginia

He liberated agriculture

befriended education and

advanced the cause of religion

Trustee and benefactor of

Washington and Lee

University

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

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Siedler's Building

This property has been

placed on the

National Register

of Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street near Schiller Street, on the right when traveling east.

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The Poeschel House

Circa 1840

was placed on the

National Register of

Historic Places

in 1972 by the

United States

Department of the Interior

Marker is on 3rd Street near Schiller Street, on the left when traveling east.

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Stonewall Jackson Birthplace

Orgins of a Confederate Hero

The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends ...

Battle of Philippi

Talbott's Hill

(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and December. They included ...

Little Sorrel

War horse of

Gen. T. J. Jackson

Placed by Virginia Division

United Daughters of

the Confederacy

July 30, 1997

Marker can be reached from Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

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William Graham

1746 - 1799

Was the founder and first rector of Liberty Hall Academy which was later to become Washington and Lee University.

He was first buried in the churchyard of St. John’s Church, Richmond, VA.

In 1911 his remains were brought to Lexington ...

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

In Memory of

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

Rarely has an animal captured so much affection.

Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him and renamed ...