Eternal Valley

In 1769 Spanish padres sent out by Father Junipero Serra recommended this property as a mission site. It became instead a farm and ranch for the San Fernando Mission.

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A stage coach stop called Lyons Station, was established ...

Luther P. Jackson High School

Luther P. Jackson High School, opened in 1954, was the first and only high school in Fairfax County created to serve the African-American community. The school was named after Luther Porter Jackson, a prominent historian, educator and founder of the ...

Santa Clara County Courthouse

Completed in 1867, this imposing building was constructed in the hope of attracting the State Legislature back to San José. It was designed by Levi Goodrich, a noted local architect. The original building was two-storied with a central dome. After ...

Seito and Kiyoaki Saibara

Contributions to the Texas Rice Industry by

Seito Saibara (1861-1939), former president of Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan, and first Christian member of the Japanese Diet (Parliament). Arrived in the United States in 1901 to study theology, and with the ...

Steamships, Stages and Slave Trade

Trail to Freedom

"In the forenoon the steamer reached Aquia Creek. There the passengers took stages — Burch and his five slaves occupying one exclusively. ...He told me to hold up my head and look smart. That I might, perhaps, ...

Site of the Home of Charles Proteus Steinmetz

From 1903 Until His Death in 1923.

A pioneer in electrical engineering . He was president of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Consulting Engineer of the General Electric Company and Professor of Engineering at Union College. A civic leader ...

McLean

McLean originated in this vicinity after the electrified Great Falls and Old Dominion Railroad began operating in 1906. Its tracks crossed Chain Bridge Road between the villages of Lewinsville and Langley, near the Ingleside community. By 1910 the area was ...

Ashe Monument

Dedicated to the memory of

Samuel Ashe

1725 - 1813

Distinguished North Carolinian

Governor, Statesman and Jurist

in whose honor

the City of Asheville was named

Marker can be reached from the Court Plaza east of S. Spruce St..

Hagood Mill Historic Site

[Front]:

During most of its life, the Hagood Mill was a busy center of commerce. The Products of Industry Census records Hagood Mill as having produced 2,500 bushels of meal (140,000 pounds) and 200 bushels of flours (11,200 pounds) ...

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

Dedicated September 19, 1858 by Rt. Rev. John McGill, Bishop of Richmond. — Catholic workers, who were employed in building the Fairfax Railroad pass, began work on the structure in 1856. They were assisted by members of the nearby Hamill ...