Richmond, Virginia.
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This plot is reserved in perpetuity for the Gregory family, who owned a working plantation here between 1797 and 1866. This site was settled in 1610 by the Thomas Sheffield family under a royal patent of 2,300 acres from the . . .
(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
This plot is reserved in perpetuity for the Gregory family, who owned a working plantation here between 1797 and 1866. This site was settled in 1610 by the Thomas Sheffield family under a royal patent of 2,300 acres from the . . . (Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Colonial Era) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
Nearby stood the James River Steam Brewery, built in 1866 during a national boom in beer production. The five-story facility contributed to Richmond’s post-Civil War industrial recovery, and its beer garden served as a . . . 
The James River bateau, first used in the 1770s, was the primary means of transporting goods up and down the river between Richmond and points west until 1840, when the James River and Kanawha Canal was completed to . . . 
The 10th National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. (1947-1956), was born in Richmond. Virginia and lived on Old Dominion St. She was the longest serving National President of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. . . . 
Dr. Henry Carpenter After the Civil War, Bowling Green's west side became home to a growing number of the city's African Americans. Many owned their properties and worked hard to support their families. As the black . . . 
This gearwheel is from one of the five water basins used at the Occoquan River Station water processing plant. Up to 40 million gallons of water were processed here on a daily basis from 1965 through 2009
A contributing building within Old and Historic District Occoquan as designated by the National Register of Historic Places and Virginia Historic Landmark Commission c. 1860
Inscribed with the date Jan 28, [19]14, this cement bunker was used to store carbide. Inexpensive but also prone to explosions, carbide was used for lighting in rural areas not served by electricity in the early 20th . . . 
On this site in 1961 the Whitecoff family opened the Woodbridge Airport as a general aviation field. Like many small, family-operated airports throughout the country at the time, it was constructed as a "dirt strip." As air . . . 
Eight months after their victory at the First Battle of Manassas (five miles north of here), the Confederates abandoned Manassas Junction, burning more than a million pounds of provisions and destroying the railroad line as . . . 
"You triumphed over obstacles which would have overcome men less brace and determined." President McKinley 438 131 Every man a volunteer Erected in honor of the veterans of the Spanish-American War by the Department of . . . 
During the summer of 1862, Manassas Junction became a major supply hub for Union armies operating in Virginia, making it a target for the Confederates. On August 27, Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson . . . 
The railroad that brought such destruction to Manassas became the catalyst for its recovery. Returning residents and new arrivals built hotels, factories and businesses along the rail line. Trains exported local products to . . . 
As the twentieth century dawned, an emerging town stood on what was once battle-scarred land. Incorporated in 1873, Manassas included churches, businesses, banks, newspapers, a small force of police and firemen, and hundreds . . . 
On of the railroad traditions of Manassas was that it was on the route of Southern Railway's Fast Mail train No. 97. The "Fast Mails" were a 19th century creation of the railroads and the U.S. Post Office Department to . . . 
Loy E. Harris - The Man Through the years, Manassas has prospered because "community minded" people saw opportunities to make our City a better place. Loy E. Harris was one of these people. In the years before his death on . . . 
In the post-Civil War years, African-Americans who were bound by a strong sense of community settled near the Brown School and the Manassas Industrial School on what was then known as Liberty Avenue. As early as 1895, . . . 
In the early summer of 1861, preparations for war made Manassas Junction one of the most famous places on earth. The railway junction held great strategic significance for the Confederacy, and the new nation assembled its . . . 
Looking up College Street, one can view the cupola of Cherry Hall at Western Kentucky University. Western Kentucky University was founded in 1906 and achieved university status in 1966. Because of its unique location high . . . 
The river Tourist Court was operated for close to two decades following the opening of the "Underground Nite Club" in the mid-1930's. It was not uncommon for couples to spend their honeymoon in the Tourist Court which had . . . 
