Schürstab Mansion

Schürstabhaus - Mittelaltlicher Geschlechtersitz

[Marker text in German:]

Bis 1328 Unholder Ministeriale

1328-1478 Schürstab Patrizierfamilie

1406 Prägende Baugestaltung

durch Erhart d ä Schürstab

1482 Carl Schwerzer baulich Prägung

und Einbau der Hauskapelle

1508-1518 Anton Tetzel Losunger

1645-1791 Fetzer Ratskonsulenten

1943 Zerstörung des Daches

1997 Wiederaufbau u. Restaurierung

[Marker text translated into English, ...

The Fame of Stonewall Jackson

Field Marshal the Right Honorable Viscount Wolseley, K.P., G.C.B., G.M., G.C.M.G.

British soldier of the highest rank,

says:

“The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South; it has become the birthright of every man ...

Delta Junction, Alaska

Northern Terminus of the "Alcan" Highway

This highway was constructed during World War II as a military supply route for interior Alaska Military and Airfields in 1942. 7 Army regiments and 42 Contractors and Public Roads Administrators working from Delta Junction ...

Cyrus Hall McCormick

1809 • • • 1884

Native of RockBridge County

Virginia

He liberated agriculture

befriended education and

advanced the cause of religion

Trustee and benefactor of

Washington and Lee

University

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Gasconade County Courthouse

Gasconade County was created by an act of Missouri legislature, November 25, 1820. Daniel Morgan Boone, son of Daniel Boone, was appointed the first commissioner of the county to locate the site for the county seat and county jail. Gasconade ...

Sigma Nu Fraternity

Founded at Virginia Military Institute January 1, 1869

on a rock ledge formerly located 65 yards north west of this spot

Cadet Founders

James Frank Hopkins

Greenfield Quarles

James McIlvaine Riley

Erected August 25, 1935 during the Twenty-seventh Biennial Grand Chapter

Marker is on Letcher Avenue, on ...

Stonewall Jackson Birthplace

Orgins of a Confederate Hero

The house in which Thomas J. Jackson was born on January 21, 1824, stood across the street and halfway down the block to your right. (marked with a bronze plaque). His father struggled to make ends ...

Battle of Philippi

Talbott's Hill

(Preface):In the spring of 1861, Union forces rushed into northwestern Virginia to secure the vital Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, protect important turnpikes, and support Unionists against Confederates. The two sides fought numerous engagements between June and December. They included ...

William Graham

1746 - 1799

Was the founder and first rector of Liberty Hall Academy which was later to become Washington and Lee University.

He was first buried in the churchyard of St. John’s Church, Richmond, VA.

In 1911 his remains were brought to Lexington ...

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

In Memory of

General Lee’s Beloved Traveller

Rarely has an animal captured so much affection.

Traveller, first called Jeff Davis and later Greenbrier, was born in 1857 near Blue Sulphur Springs (now in West Virginia). In 1862, Lee purchased him and renamed ...