Bluemont in Loudoun County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Snickersville Turnpike
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2020
1. Snickersville Turnpike Marker
Inscription.
Snickersville Turnpike. . Originally an Iroquois hunting trail, it became by 1786 the first recorded operating turnpike in America, praised by Thomas Jefferson. In 1810 the Virginia Assembly chartered the Snickers Gap Turnpike Company, authorizing three toll gates between Aldie and Snickers Gap: horse 3 cents; 20 cattle 12½ cents; four-wheel carriage 12½ cents. A toll booth operated on the Blue Ridge Mountain until 1915. The Turnpike today is a Virginia Byway overlooking the same landscape George Washington traveled between 1748 and 1788, often stopping at West's Ordinary near Aldie and Edward Snickers' inn and ferry on the Shenandoah River. . This historical marker was erected by Snickersville Turnpike Association. It is in Bluemont in Loudoun County Virginia
Originally an Iroquois hunting trail, it became by 1786 the first recorded operating turnpike in America, praised by Thomas Jefferson. In 1810 the Virginia Assembly chartered the Snickers Gap Turnpike Company, authorizing three toll gates between Aldie and Snickers Gap: horse 3 cents; 20 cattle 12½ cents; four-wheel carriage 12½ cents. A toll booth operated on the Blue Ridge Mountain until 1915. The Turnpike today is a Virginia Byway overlooking the same landscape George Washington traveled between 1748 and 1788, often stopping at West's Ordinary near Aldie and Edward Snickers' inn and ferry on the Shenandoah River.
Location. 39° 6.667′ N, 77° 50.07′ W. Marker is in Bluemont, Virginia, in Loudoun County. Marker is at the intersection of Snickersville Turnpike (Virginia Route 734) and Clayton Hall
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Road (Virginia Route 760), on the right when traveling east on Snickersville Turnpike. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 33704 Snickersville Turnpike, Bluemont VA 20135, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 11, 2020
2. Snickersville Turnpike Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on October 11, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 210 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on October 11, 2020, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.