Amherst County. Area 470 Square Miles. Formed in 1781 from Albemarle, and named for Jeffrey, Lord Amherst, British commander in the French and Indian War. Balcony Falls are in this county.
Rockbridge County. Area . . . — — Map (db m49888) HM
In 1938, the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the United States Constitution, the Virginia Daughters of the American Revolution sponsored the planting of Constitution Forest in this area. With the help of the Civilian Conservation Corps and . . . — — Map (db m49885) HM
Here was Moomaw’s Landing, on the North River Canal. In May 1863 the packet Marshall passed here bearing the body of General Thomas J. (“Stonewall”) Jackson to Lexington. Mrs. Robert E. Lee used the canal in 1865 to join her husband at . . . — — Map (db m50374) HM
This building erected in 1889, by the Buena Vista Company, was the land office of the company until the collapse of the real estate boom. On September 13, 1894, the company sold the building to the city of Buena Vista. It served as the court house . . . — — Map (db m151269) HM
Dedicated to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice
World War I
Elbert L. Davidson •
C. Rudolph Floyd
World War II
Joseph Beverly •
William F. Campbell •
C.S. Carpenter, Jr. •
W. Jennings Comer •
Russell B. Dillard • . . . — — Map (db m172323) WM