 view gallery |   Osborne Landing
in Virginia Historical Markers Osborne Landing was located near here along the north bank of the James River across from the Village of Osborne in Chesterfield County. posted by:  Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 4/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Brook Road in Virginia Historical Markers According to tradition, the Marquis de Lafayette marched his colonial troops from the north into Richmond on portions of present-day Brook Road late in April 1781. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 4/1/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Fort Loudoun in Virginia Historical Markers Here in May 1756, overlooking the frontier town of Winchester, construction began on Fort Loudoun during the period of the French and Indian War (Seven Year’s War in Europe). posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Patsy Cline: Country Music Singer in Virginia Historical Markers Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley), world-famous singer, lived in this house. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Capture of Star Fort in Virginia Historical Markers The fort on the hilltop to the southwest, known as Star Fort, was taken by Colonel Schoonmaker of Sheridan’s Army in the Battle of September 19, 1864. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Battle of Kernstown in Virginia Historical Markers On the hill to the west, Stonewall Jackson late in the afternoon of March 23, 1862 attacked the Union force under Shields holding Winchester. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Patrick Napier, Colonial Surgeon in Virginia Historical Markers Nearby lived “Patrick Napier of Queenes Creek in the County of Yorke chirurgeon,” one of the earliest surgeons of Scottish descent in Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | French Troops At Jamestown in Virginia Historical Markers On 2 Sept. 1781, about 3,000 French troops of the Gatinois, Agenois, and Touraine Regiments arrived at Jamestown from the West Indies. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lafayette's Visit in Virginia Historical Markers On behalf of a grateful nation, President James Monroe invited the Marquis de Lafayette to visit the United States, his adopted country. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Argall Town in Virginia Historical Markers About 1617, Deputy Governor Samuel Argall established a settlement on 300 acres near here. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Blockhouses Near Jamestown in Virginia Historical Markers In the first few years of the English settlement at Jamestown, colonists built small, isolated, fortified structures—called blockhouses—around the perimeter of the main settlement to provide refuges, observation posts, and rallying points in the case of attack. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Civilian Conservation Corps-Company 1371 in Virginia Historical Markers Seashore State Park at Cape Henry, now known as First Landing State Park, was built by an all African American regiment of the Civilian Conservation Corps, a New Deal-era relief program that employed young men ages 17 to 25. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Early Land Patent in Virginia Historical Markers Argoll Yeardley patented 4000 acres of land, known as Tyndall's Neck, here on the north side of Charles (now York) River, October 12, 1640. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Gloucester Point in Virginia Historical Markers Known first as Tyndall's Point. The colonists built a fort here in 1667. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Leesylvania in Virginia Historical Markers Located along the Potomac River between Nebasco and Powells creeks and extending inland to include lands west of U.S. Route 1, this vast tract was patented in 1658 by Gervais Dodson. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/19/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Toppahanock Indian Village in Virginia Historical Markers In this region near the Rappahannock River once stood the Rappahannock Indian village of Toppahanock. When John Smith explored this region in 1607 and 1608, he found fourteen Rappahannock villages along both banks of the river. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/18/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Headquarters, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, U. S. Army in Virginia Historical Markers The splendid natural harbor of Hampton Roads served the nation as a military port of embarkation in the Spanish American War and two World Wars. In World War 1, headquarters were set up at Newport News on July 11, 1917, and vast shipments of troops and materiel were processed. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | William Moore Tidewater Musician in Virginia Historical Markers William “Bill” Moore was born in Georgia in 1893. Nearby stood his home and barbershop. Paramount recorded Moore in Chicago in 1928 and released eight songs, some of the earliest by an African American folk performer from Virginia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Huntersville Rosenwald School in Virginia Historical Markers The Huntersville School was built in 1930-31 as a Rosenwald School. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | First Peninsula Defense Line in Virginia Historical Markers Earthworks on the hillside above mark the southernmost of three fortified cross-peninsula defense lines built by Confederate Gen. John B. Magruder in the spring of 1862 posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view gallery | Warwick Courthouse in Virginia Historical Markers By tradition, early Warwick County court sessions were held under a large elm tree at nearby Richneck Plantation, home of Col. Miles Cary, Jr. In 1810, Warwick’s first brick courthouse was built on this Denbigh site. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view gallery | Fort Eustis in Virginia Historical Markers Fort Eustis is named for a native Virginian, Gen. Abraham Eustis (1786 – 1843), a commander of Fort Monroe. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Mulberry Point in Virginia Historical Markers Mulberry Point is situated on the James River, on the grounds of present-day Fort Eustis. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
 view gallery | Lee’s Mill in Virginia Historical Markers Lee’s Mill, a pre-war tide mill, formed part of Confederate Maj. Gen. John Bankhead Magruder’s second Peninsula defensive line. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: 4/15/2020 |
 view gallery | Lee’s Mill Earthworks in Virginia Historical Markers These earthworks were part of General John B. Magruder’s second line of defense. At this site on April 5, 1862, Confederate General Lafayette McLaw’s four companies of the Tenth Georgia. posted by: Don.Morfe location: Virginia date approved: 3/16/2020 last visited: never |
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