The Styles and Stories of Vevay's Buildings

From where you now stand you are sampling some of the building styles found in Switzerland County. On Main Street to your left are three two-story homes. The farthest from you is a dwelling built in the Italianate style. This ...

Pueblo of Zuni

The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 ...

Pueblo of Zuni

The six original Zuni pueblos were the legendary "Seven Cities of Cibola" sought by Vasquez de Coronado in 1540. They were abandoned during the Pueblo Revolt, and the present pueblo was settled in 1699 after the Spanish reconquest. In 1970 ...

Dreka Building

1882

On this site in 1882 George A. Dreka built his 2-story department store that later was expanded to four floors to also hold the Carrolton Hotel. In the 1886 fire that consumed much of the town, blankets were hung from ...

Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige

front left panel

Leroy Robert

(picture of Satchel)

July 7, 1906

June 8, 1982

front right panel

Lahoma Jean

(picture of Lahoma)

April 7, 1922

Sept. 22, 1986

center front panel

Paige

He began work carrying suitcases at Mobile ...

Zuni Olla Maidens - Zuni Pueblo

The Zuni Olla Maidens are an all-women's group renowned for their skill and ability to balance fragile water jars or ollas on their heads. Historically, Zuni women collected water in ollas from nearby springs for everyday use. Today, they perform ...

Daniel Bowman Mill at Silver Lake

Shenandoah Valley Mills

During the Civil War, the Daniel Bowman Mill occupied this site, grinding wheat brought here by Rockingham County farmers. The county was part of the prosperous agricultural region known as the “breadbasket of the Confederacy.” It was no ...

The Backyard Garden Was Essential

The quiet landscape you see today was once teeming with activity.

There was a garden behind the store that provided vegetables for home use and possibly for sale or trade. There was a larger garden area as well, which was probably ...

Old Tobacco Warehouse

Traditionally known as the Old Tobacco Warehouse. Built 1766 by James Mills, Scottish merchant. First used as a store and/or warehouse.Owned and authentically restored by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Marker can be reached from Old Virginia Street ...

Site of the Bliss House

14th Connecticut

Centre of

site of the

Bliss House,

captured and

burned by the

14 C.V. July 3

1863.

Marker can be reached from Long Lane, on the left when traveling west.

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