Mossy Creek
N 38° 21.454 W 079° 01.791
17S E 672138 N 4247326
Mossy Creek was settled in the 1740s and later had an iron works and the Mossy Creek Academy.
Waymark Code: WMKZ7
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2006
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Colonists first settled Mossy Creek in the 1740s. Mossy Creek Iron Works was founded by 1775, when partners Henry Miller and Mark Bird began operating an iron furnace, forge and mills here. The ironworks became an important industrial enterprise and produced pig iron and finished pieces that were sold throughout western Virginia. Bird sold his interest in the ironworks to Miller in 1779. A community grew up around the ironworks, which likely ceased operation during the Civil War. By 1852 the Mossy Creek Academy was established by Jedediah Hotchkiss, later the cartographer for Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. The school remained in operation until about 1861.
Mossy Creek is today known as a prized and protected trout stream.
Marker Number: D 40
Marker Title: Mossy Creek
Marker Location: Rt. 42 south of Bridgewater.
County or Independent City: Augusta County
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 2001
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