Virginia State University

Ettrick, Virginia

Virginia State University was chartered by the Virginia legislature in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. Delegate Alfred W. Harris, an African-American attorney in Petersburg, championed the charter and supported it through the ensuing lawsuits attempting to ...

7th West Virginia Infantry

7th West Virginia

Infantry

The end of charge

July 2, 1863.

Marker can be reached from Wainwright Avenue, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

1st West Virginia Cavalry

Erected by the State of

West Virginia

to commemorate the

valor and fidelity

of the

First West Virginia Cavalry

Marker is on Taneytown Road (State Highway 134), on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

First Railroad in Virginia

Just south of here are the earthen remains and stone culvert of the Chesterfield Railroad. Chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1829, the company in 1831 constructed the first railroad in Virginia, one of the earliest in the United ...

Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company

Comstock Historical Marker No. 14

Following the discovery of silver and gold, the miners obtained their water from the small streams or from the springs located in the canyons such as Ophir Ravine, in Virginis City, and Bullion and Crown ...

Civil War Fortifications at Virginia Point

Virginia Point, the site of an important railroad bridge which provided the only connection between the Texas mainland and Galveston Island in the mid-19th century, played an integral role in the Confederate defense of Galveston during the Civil War.

A ...

Virginia Theological Seminary

Founded 1823

Half mile to the southwest. The idea for such an institution was conceived by a group of Alexandria and Washington clergymen in 1818. Among those interested was Francis Scott Key, author of the Star Spangled Banner. Originally at corner ...

Grant Comes to Virginia

The Battle of Fredericksburg

This short trail leads to "Grant's Knoll." For three days Gen. Ulysses S. Grant made his headquarters here, issuing orders that would determine the fate of armies and men. President Abraham Lincoln had recently appointed Grant general-in-chief ...

The First General Assembly of Virginia

In honour of

The First General Assembly

of Virginia,

here

on the thirtieth day of July A.D. 1916.

Summoned by Sir George Yeardley,

Governor General of Virginia,

under authority from the London Company, pursuant to the charter granted by King James I, was convened in the church ...

Lincoln's Virginia Ancestors

In 1768, John Lincoln moved here with his family from Pennsylvania. His eldest son, Abraham, grandfather of the president, might have remained a Virginian had his friend and distant relative, Daniel Boone not encouraged him to migrate to Kentucky by ...