| Virginia (Nelson County), Afton — W-219 — Flight of Richard C. duPont | | | Near this site on September 21, 1933, Richard C. duPont was launched from Afton Mountain in his Bowlus sailplane, Albatross. Four hours and fifty minutes later he landed at Frederick, Maryland, establishing a United States distance record for sail planing at 121.6 miles, almost double the previous U.S. record of 66 miles. — Map (db m21799) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Afton — W-218 — Rockfish Gap Meeting | | | The commission appointed to select a site for the University of Virginia met 1-4 August 1818 in the tavern that stood nearby. Among the 21 members present were former presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, as well as judges Spencer Roane, Archibald Stewart, and Creed Taylor. The commissioners chose Charlottesville over Lexington and Staunton for the site of the University. The tavern at which they met was owned by Samuel Leake (1790–1858) and Walter Leake (1792–1859). . . . — Map (db m21831) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Arrington — R 58 — Birthplace of Rives | | | Two miles east, at Oak Ridge, was born William Cabell Rives, May 4, 1792. He was minister to France, 1829-32 and 1849-53; United States Senator, 1832-45; member of the Peace convention of 1861 and of the Confederate Congress. He died, April 25, 1868. Later, Oak Ridge was owned by Thomas Fortune Ryan. — Map (db m10228) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Arrington — R 57 — Oak Ridge Estates | | | About two miles east is Oak Ridge, a 4,800-acre estate first patented in the 1730s. Robert Rives (1764-1845), a tobacco planter and international trader, built his house there in 1802. In 1867, William Porcher Miles (1822-1899), a former Confederate congressman, acquired the plantation. Nelson County native and Wall Street financier Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) purchased Oak Ridge in 1901 and transformed it into a country estate. He remodeled Rives's Federal farmhouse into a Colonial Revival . . . — Map (db m10229) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Colleen — R 81 — Cabellsville | | | In 1803, the Virginia General Assembly established Cabellsville one mile west of here on the Old Stage Road, on 25 acres owned by Congressman Samuel Jordan Cabell. The village was platted before Nelson County was formed from Amherst County in 1807, and the new community developed around the first Amherst County courthouse constructed after that county was created in 1761. After the formation of Nelson County, its justices continued to meet periodically in the old building in Cabellsville until . . . — Map (db m18829) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Faber — R 51 — Hurricane Camille | | | On August 20, 1969, torrential rains, following remnants of Hurricane Camille, devastated this area. A rainfall in excess of 25 inches largely within a 5-hour period, swept away or buried many miles of roads, over 100 bridges, and over 900 buildings. 114 people died and 37 remain missing. The damage totalled more than $100,000,000 and Virginia was declared a disaster area. — Map (db m23471) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Gladstone — Z 137 — Nelson County / Appomattox County | | | (Front): Nelson County Area 473 Square Miles Formed in 1761 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county. (Reverse) Nelson County Z-137 Formed in 1807 from Amherst, and named for General Thomas Nelson, Governor of Virginia, 1781. Oak Ridge, an old home, is in this county. (Back): Appomattox County Area 342 Square Miles Formed in 1845 from Buckingham, Prince Edward, Charlotte, and . . . — Map (db m10226) | | Virginia (Nelson County), Lovingston — R 50 — Boyhood Home of Colonel John Mosby | | | Confederate Col. John Singleton Mosby was born in Powhatan County on 6 Dec. 1833. Nearby stood the early childhood home in which Mosby lived from soon after his birth until his family moved to Charlottesville by 1841. Before the Civil War, Mosby was a lawyer in Bristol, Va. During the war, Mosby and his Partisan Rangers (43d Battalion, Virginia Cavalry) used guerrilla tactics to raid Union outposts, communications, and supply lines in Northern Virginia. On 21 Apr. 1865, Mosby disbanded his . . . — Map (db m10231) |
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