Welcome to Fredericksburg, Va

Stone Tools to Seltzer Bottles

Commuters and rail passengers hurry to their trains over asphalt paving that is only the most recent layer in Fredericksburg's history. These travelers cross over prehistoric work sites, eighteenth-century shops and dwellings, a Civil War battleground, ...

Site of Nevada’s First Public Library

In 1895, Washoe County District Attorney, Frank H. Norcross, later a Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court and a Federal Judge, began a drive to establish Nevada’s first free public library in Reno. That year, he persuaded the Nevada ...

Belmont Bay ~ End of the Water

Occoquan Creek flows in front of you. Occoquan is an American Indian word meaning at the end of the water. The Dogue Indians may have named this creek. They lived in the area for centuries before European exploration and were ...

Dunklin Monument

T. L. Dunklin,

of Co. E. 4th. Texas Regt.

Born at Abberdeen Miss.

March 25th. 1841,

Fell at 2nd. Battle

of Mannassas, Aug. 30th. 1862;

Defending his Country.

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Courtesy hmdb.org

Buckhannon / Frontier Days

Buckhannon. Named for chief of Delaware Indians. John Jackson settled near in 1769. John Bush built a fort which was destroyed by Indians, 1782. A settlement which grew up there became the county seat of Harrison. W. Va. Wesleyan College ...

Bailey’s Crossroads Civil War Engagements

After the First Battle of Manassas, Confederate troops led by Col. J.E.B. Stuart occupied nearby Munson's and Mason's Hills from late July until they abandoned their position about 29 Sept. 1861. Confederate troops fought skirmishers of the Union 2d and ...

Georgetown and Goldsboro

African Americans were first brought to the Sanford area by slave-holding families settling in the Fort Mellon area during the 1840s. Later in the nineteenth century, Henry Sanford welcomed black residents to his city when it was established in 1870 ...

Battlefield of Peachtree Creek

Lt. Gen. John B. Hood, on taking command of the Army of Tennessee [CS], July 18, 1864, began aggressive action against the Federal approach to Atlanta from

upper Chattahoochee crossings.

July 20. Hood’s 1st move was to attack Thomas’ Army of the ...

George Washington Boyhood Home Site

has been designated a

National Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of AmericaKnown as Ferry Far, the primary home of George Washington from 1738-1754, this site is uniquely associated with Washington's formative years and the ...

First United Methodist Church

Earliest Church in Elba

A congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South existed in Elba eve before Rev. Robert Shaw Rabb was assigned as the first minister to the Elba Circuit on December 15, 1853. This site was purchased in 1909 ...