Middlesex County / Gloucester County

Middlesex County

Area 146 Square Miles

Formed in 1673 from Lancaster, and named for an English County. Rosegill, frequented by colonial governors, is here.

Gloucester County

Area 223 Square Miles

Formed in 1651 from York, and named for Gloucester County, England, Bacon, the rebel, died ...

Railroad Scale House and Telephone Booth

Railroad yards are highly specialized facilities consisting of engine maintenance buildings, fueling areas, track and switching areas and material storage yards.

This scale house was used in the Santa Fe Railroad switchyard in Bakersfield. A scale located adjacent to the building ...

Driskill Hotel

Built 1885-86 by Col. Jesse L. Driskill (1824-1890), cattle king who moved to Austin in 1869. Brick dressed with limestone. Had three grand entrances – one the largest arched doorway in Texas. “Ladies’ Entrance” was on northeast, bust of Col. ...

Zimmerman Bandstand

Charles A. Zimmerman

USNA Band Master

1887 - 1916

Composer or "Anchors Aweigh"

Marker is on Blake Road, on the right when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Augusta County World War I Memorial Tablet

In Honor Of The Men And Women Of Staunton And Augusta County Who Served Their Country In The World War 1914-1918

The Unreturning Brave… They Give New Splendor to The Dead

[Roll of the Dead follows]

The Right Is More Precious Than Peace

Erected ...

William Moore Tidewater Musician

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. They are ...

Norwood Tower

This building was once the tallest structure in Austin’s downtown area other than the State Capitol. Dwarfed by other structures by the late 20th century, the Norwood Tower remains unique in its design and elaborate detailing.

In 1925, Ollie O. Norwood ...

Rockingham County World War I Memorial

They Tasted Death In Youth That Liberty Might Grow Old

Marker is on South Main Street, on the left when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Toppahanock Indian Village

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. The river was the ...

Ride High, T.C., Ride High

Travis Calvin Holloway began his career as a professional cowboy in the family's living room near Eagle Butte, South Dakota, where he rode his first bucking horse - his brother Chuck. When Chuck would no longer unseat his younger sibling, ...