Jost Hite And Winchester
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member flyingmoose
N 39° 11.280 W 078° 06.721
17S E 749433 N 4341613
located on the eastbound side of route 7.
Waymark Code: WMVQA
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/19/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member tiki-4
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Jost Hite And Winchester
German emigrant Jost Hite and about 16 other
Germany and Scots-Irish families from Pennsylvania
cam to this region in 1732, creating one of the
early permanent European settlements. They
settled along the Opequon Creek watershed south-
west of the present-day city of Winchester. Soon
after their arrival, a number of other communities
developed regionally, including Fredericktown,
present-day Winchester. Winchester was chartered
as a town in 1752. It began as a small farming
community that developed into a thriving town
and important trading center at the junction of
several transportation arteries.


Marker Number: Q 4-b

Marker Title: Jost Hite And Winchester

Marker Location: Winchester

County or Independent City: Frederick

Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 2003

Web Site: Not listed
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