Middlebrook Historic District

Nestled here in the countryside south of Staunton,

along historic Middlebrook Road, is one of the

oldest villages in the region. William and Nancy

Scott sold the first 27 lots in April 1799 to

Scots-Irish and German settlers. In 1851, the

stagecoach road through the ...

Aurora

Aurora was laid out by Jesse L. Holman, trustee for the “Aurora Association for Internal Improvements” in 1819. Judge Holman was an early statesman, preacher, educator, and Federal Justice.

His son, U.S. Congressman William S. Holman served this district many years ...

Grantsville

A Heritage of Hospitality

When the National Road came through here in 1815, this settlement was a half mile away along the old Braddock Road. This “New Grantsville” developed just west of the Casselman Bridge, completed a few years earlier. About ...

Historic Sint Maarten Remembered

"Peg Leg Pete"

Pieter Stuyvesant was the last Governor of the Dutch colony of New Netherland (now New York), from 1646 until its surrender to the English in 1664. He was born in the Dutch province of Friesland in 1611 or ...

Charles Friend’s Home

George Washington stopped here Sept. 26, 1784 on his trip to determine a feasible passage between the Potomac and the Ohio for a canal or easy portage between these rivers as a passage to western territory.

Marker is on Hutton Road ...

Frankford

Col. John Stuart, who came here in 1769 with McClanahan, the Renicks, and companions, bought out earlier claims of William Hamilton. "The Cliffs" to the east offer one of the celebrated beauty spots of Greenbrier Valley.

Marker is on U.S. 219 ...

N.C. School for the Deaf

Opened 1894 under superintendent

Edward McKee

Goodwin. Main building

designed by A.G. Bauer.

Marker is on W Fleming Dr. (North Carolina Route 70).

Courtesy hmdb.org

Meadow River Lumber Company/United Methodist Church

Meadow River Lumber CompanyEstablished as Raine-Andrew Lumber Co. concern with purchase of 32,000 ac. (1906-08) by John & Tom Raine, namesake of Rainelle, founded 1908. Used logging railroad from woods to mill & Sewell Valley RR (NF&G) to C&O. 1909 ...

Gettysburg Campaign

Invasion & Retreat

After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through the ...

Young’s Mill

Magruder’s First Peninsula Defensive Line

The mill located behind you is one of the few remaining tide mills on the Peninsula. In the woods across the private road to your left are several redoubts and rifle pits. These fortifications are all ...