Middleburg

Meade's Pipe Creek Plan

On June 29, 1863, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered the Army of the Potomac to Pipe Creek to counter any move toward Washington or Baltimore by Gen. Robert E Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and to ...

Royal Gorge Bridge

Highest suspension bridge in the world

Completed in seven months - Dedicated Dec. 7, 1929

Chief Engineer George Cole

Consulting Engineer O.K. Peck

This property has been placed on

National Register of Historic Places

By

U.S. Department of Interior

Modernization of bridge to present day

safety and engineering standards ...

Mount Bethel Church

The Presbyterians established a church near here in 1792. At first called the Mountain Church in 1808, it became the nucleus of Presbyterian work in Hampshire County under the auspices of the Rev. John Lyle. The Rev. James Black reorganized ...

Mechanicsburg Gap / Col. Claudius Crozet

Mechanicsburg Gap

Scenic canyon cut through Mill Creek Mountain by Mill creek. Here an old Indian trail was the pathway from the Valley of Virginia to the Alleghenies, then the Northwestern Turnpike, now the George Washington Highway

Col. Claudius Crozet

Col. Crozet, born ...

Button Hall

Marker Front:

This plantation was once part of Boochawee Hall, owned by Governor James Moore (d. 1706). Moore left 615 acres to his daughter Rebecca, who married Thomas Barker (d. 1715) in 1709. Barker, who planted inland rice here, served one ...

Boochawee Hall

Marker Front:

Boochawee Hall, created in 1683 by a 2,400-acre grant, was owned by two colonial governors, father and son. James Moore (d. 1706), a trader and planter, served on the Grand Council and later led “the Goose Creek Men,” an ...

Bartlett Yancey

Congressman. A State legislator and political leader. Died in 1828 at the age of 42. His home and grave are here.

Marker is on US Highway 158 0.3 miles east of Hatchett Road, on the left when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Wilhelm and Elizabeth Hain Fischer

Erected to the memory of

Wilhelm Fischer

Born in the Palatinate April 11, 1706

Arrived at Philadelphia Aug. 17, 1733

Died October 23, 1771

and his wife

Elizabeth Gertrude

The daughter of

George and Veronica Hain

Born 1711

Died June 4, 1768

Who are interred at this spot, and

who were among ...

Bedford Brown

U.S. Senator, 1829-40; State Legislator; Opponent of Secession, 1860. This is "Rose Hill," his home.

Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 158 and North Carolina Highway 150, on the left when traveling west on U.S. 158.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm

This old house was once part of the Julius and Augusta Bronson Farm. The family of Samuel and Sarah Fenn owned it from 1887 to 1923. This house was purchased by the Blick Family in 1936 and the Middlebury Garage ...