The Tidewater Hardwood Company built a lumber mill and company town here, 192–1922, naming it Bacova, a contraction for Bath Co., Va. Narrow-gauge railroads brought the logs to the mill. The company paid
workers in scrip redeemable for rent, . . . — — Map (db m70219) HM
Alleghany County. Formed in 1822, from Bath, Botetourt and Monroe, and named for the Alleghany Mountains. At Fort Mann a battle took place between settlers and Indians led by Cornstalk, 1763.
Bath County. Formed in 1790, from Augusta, . . . — — Map (db m207848) HM
The Boiler Spring's naturally hot mineral waters have made The Homestead internationally renowned as a Spa Resort since 1766. These clear waters emerge from deep beneath the earth, flowing constantly at 105° F year-round, and have been greatly . . . — — Map (db m287535) HM
History of Delafield Rise. Dr. Francis Delafield frequented The Homestead in the early 1900's and encouraged many of his patients to "take the waters" here. He also advised patients that walking up the mountain of a grade of 1 in 10 would . . . — — Map (db m287545) HM
This tree is dedicated to the memory of Dr. William E. Skelton, who as a boy delivered milk to the Homestead, became a Dean at Virginia Tech, Director of Co-Operative Extention Services, President of Rotary International, and a man who helped . . . — — Map (db m287540) HM
This hardwood is extremely shock-resistant and useful for making weaving shuttles. It is also made into spools, small pulleys, mallet heads, and jeweler's blocks. Indians used the aromatic bark and roots as a remedy for malaria and extracted a red . . . — — Map (db m287544) HM
Artist William Sergeant Kendall (18691938) and his wife Christine Herter Kendall (18901981) built this house soon after they arrived in Virginia in 1922. Garth Newel, Welsh for New Home, served as their residence and studio. A student of Thomas . . . — — Map (db m69747) HM
In 1934, a young Sam Snead was working in the proshop making hickory shaft clubs when a woman came looking for a lesson. As all the golf professionals were busy, she asked the manager if Snead could give her a lesson. Afterwards, she told the . . . — — Map (db m287538) HM
Around 1898, golf at The Homestead became more formal and the club colors of bright red and white were required for play. That year, the resort also hired its first golf professional: Mr. Herbert Augustus Corbett Beauclerk, a local resident who was . . . — — Map (db m287539) HM
The crystal waters of this natural mineral spring are actually warm, rather than hot as its name suggests. They flow constantly at 97° F, and enjoy a mild sulphur content, which made them popular for both bathing and as a drinking spring. From the . . . — — Map (db m287534) HM
Born In Thaxton, Bedford County, Lettie Pate
Whitehead Evans played a major role in the early
distribution of bottled Coca-Cola. She was one
of the first women members of the board of
directors of a major American corporation,
serving on the . . . — — Map (db m69922) HM
The Advertising Council 50th Anniversary
The Association of National Advertisers, Inc.
and
the American Association of Advertising Agencies
in a joint conference here in the Homestead Hotel
November 14, 1941
established an . . . — — Map (db m287462) HM
The Casino was completed in 1895 and in that era the word "casino" was frequently applied to a building that was home to sports of all kinds. That was - and still is - The Casino's role. The original location of the Homestead Golf and Tennis . . . — — Map (db m287532) HM
The Homestead
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance
in commemorating the history of the
United States of America
1991
National Park Service
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m287449) HM
The Hot Springs Conference
Here in the Homestead Hotel,
fourty-four nations conferred
May 18 - June 3, 1943
and proposed the creation
of the
Food and Agriculture
Organization
of the United Nations
dedicated to better . . . — — Map (db m287453) HM
Golf arrived at The Homestead in 1892 with construction of the first six holes of the Old Course. Today its First Tee enjoys the historic distinction of being the oldest first tee in continuous use in America. Golf quickly became so very popular at . . . — — Map (db m287537) HM
The Southern Surgical Association
Founded October 12, 1887
In commemoration
of
the founding of the
Southern Surgical Association
in 1887
the centennial celebration
was held in the
Homestead Hotel
Hot Springs, Virginia . . . — — Map (db m287467) HM
The Virginia Bar Association
Chartered 1890
In commemoration of
the founding of
the Virginia Bar Association
in 1888 to advance professionalism,
collegiality and service to the
public by Virginia lawyers,
this plaque is . . . — — Map (db m287472) HM
When fully developed the Tulip Poplar is a very large and magnificent plant. Pioneers hollowed out a single log to make a long, lightweight canoe. Today, its wood remains one of the chief commercial hardwoods. The wood is often used for making . . . — — Map (db m287542) HM
Virginia Cemetery Association
In commemoration
of
the founding of
the Virginia Cemetery
Association
in 1948
The diamond jubilee celebration
was held at the
Homestead Resort
Hot Springs, Virginia
June 1 - . . . — — Map (db m287465) HM
Erected 1920 by the Virginia Hot Springs Company commemorating the planting of trees along this boulevard. A memorial of patriotism and a tribute of honor to the employees of this Company and the men of Bath County who in 1917 and 1918 served in . . . — — Map (db m69930) WM
Camp Alkulana, one of Virginia's oldest residential summer camps, was established in 1915 and moved here in 1917. Nannie Crump West, a social reformer who directed a settlement house in Richmond under the auspices of that city's Baptist Women's . . . — — Map (db m308001) HM
Col. Charles Lewis, younger brother of Gen. Andrew Lewis, acquired 950 acres of land on the Cowpasture River in June 1750. Nearby, Fort Lewis, a small stockade, initially under the command of then Capt. Charles Lewis, was constructed by 1756 to . . . — — Map (db m30469) HM
Millboro began as a settlement around Cadys
Tunnel, built by the Central Virginia Railroad.
By 1856 the tracks extended from Richmond
to Cabin Creek nearby. During the Civil War,
Confederate soldiers marched westward down
the old Crooked Spur . . . — — Map (db m69537) HM
T.C. Walker School, which opened in 1930, was named for Thomas Calhoun Walker a former slave from Gloucester County who became the first African American attorney in Virginia. It cost $4,600, and was underwritten with $500 from the Julius Rosenwald . . . — — Map (db m69471) HM
Bath County. Area 545 Square Miles. Formed in 1790 from Augusta, Greenbrier, and Botetourt, and probably named for the town of Bath in England. The warm springs and hot springs are in this county.
Rockbridge County. . . . — — Map (db m34304) HM
Nannie Crump West, Christian missionary and youth
advocate, founded Camp Mont Shenandoah in 1927 for
girls from Virginias elite families. This residential
summer camp, like others established along the
Cowpasture River early in the 20th . . . — — Map (db m107846) HM
The site was about one-half mile north of the river. This was one of a chain of frontier forts ordered erected by the Virginia legislature early in 1756. The chain extended from Hampshire County (now West Virginia) to Patrick County on the North . . . — — Map (db m77510) HM
Scotch-Irish Presbyterians, seeking freedom of worship and led by the Rev. Alexander Craighead, built a log meetinghouse a mile and a half down the Cowpasture River about 1749. Indians burned it during the French and Indian War. Moving to this site . . . — — Map (db m122193) HM
The Mountain Grove community grew up around William Gatewoods plantation in the early 19th century. During the Civil War. Brig. Gen. William W. Averells Federal cavalry attacked from newly created West Virginia late in 1863 and fought with . . . — — Map (db m70233) HM
Union Hurst, a school for African Americans, was built near here on Pine Hurst Heights Road between 1924 and 1925. The school was built with the assistance of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a program that helped build some 5,000 schools for African . . . — — Map (db m70245) HM
Bath County Area 545 square miles. Formed in 1790 from Augusta, Greenbrier, and Botetourt and probably named for the Town of Bath in England. The Warm Springs and Hot Springs are in this county.
Highland County Area . . . — — Map (db m307988) HM
1790
On December 14, 1790, an Act by the Virginia General Assembly created Bath County from portions of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. A stone courthouse and log jail were erected at the prominent intersection of the Warm . . . — — Map (db m256249) HM
This 1875 law office of John W. Stephenson was moved to this site in 1907 and became the headquarters of the Bath County Historical Society in 1982 by a gift from Elaine W. Madlener. — — Map (db m172840) HM
Bath County was formed in 1790 from parts of Augusta, Botetourt, and Greenbrier counties. The county court first met here on 10 May 1791 at the house of John Lewis's widow Margaret, who donated two acres opposite the mineral baths for public use. . . . — — Map (db m21754) HM
World War I
Harvey K. Keyser
Charles A. Coleman
Otis V. Long
Frank B. Law
Wilbur R. Payne
★ Unknown
World War II
Mark M. Gillispie
Elmer B. Izzard
Frank P. Johnson
Glen P. Hevener
Louis O. . . . — — Map (db m172838) WM
Mary Johnston, a novelist, historian, playwright, suffragist, and social advocate, lived here at Three Hills. Born in Botetourt County, Johnston published 23 novels between 1898 and 1936 and became the first woman to top best-seller lists in the . . . — — Map (db m69596) HM
This waterwheel is known as an overshoot wheel. It is driven by the buckets at the top of the wheel.
Manufactured by the Fitz Waterwheel Co. Hanover Pa. — — Map (db m172841) HM
Nearby is the site of Terrill Hill, home of the Terrill brothers of Bath County. Brig. Gen. William R. Terrill, a graduate of West Point commanded a Union brigade and was killed in the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky, on 8 Oct. 1862. His brother, . . . — — Map (db m256251) HM
After 112 years in buildings near the Warm
Springs mineral baths a mile northeast, the
Bath County Court moved to this site in 1908.
The architect, Frank P. Milburn, predicted the
new courthouse would be “an honor and ornament
to Bath . . . — — Map (db m30491) HM
Born in Waynesboro to former slaves, William H. Sheppard became a Presbyterian missionary to the Belgian colony of Congo Free State in 1890. He and others opposed King Leopold II of Belgium, who encouraged such atrocities as the amputation of . . . — — Map (db m256252) HM
The courthouse town of Warm Springs reflects more
than 200 years of settlement in the Warm Springs
Valley. Located near the center of Bath County,
this community encompasses a small village core
and its surrounding rural landscape. The . . . — — Map (db m208531) HM
The Warm Springs Baths, an example of 19th-century medicinal resort architecture, formed the centerpiece of a small village that served as the seat of Bath County from 1791 until 1908. Thomas Lewis and his son John developed a resort around the . . . — — Map (db m208529) HM
There has been a mill on this site continuously since 1771. The present mill building was erected in 1900 and now is the home of the Waterwheel Restaurant. — — Map (db m172842) HM
Bath
Since the 18th Century, the County of Bath has attracted travelers from all over the world. Today that same gracious hospitality is still widely recognized within each village in the County offering its special . . . — — Map (db m307989) HM
The community of West Warms Springs was settled in the 1870s by Black residents who purchased
tracts of land on the west side of Little Mountain. A road that extended over the mountain connected
West Warm Springs with the pools. Many of the early . . . — — Map (db m208526) HM
African Americans, exercising newfound autonomy
after the Civil War, purchased land here on the
western slope of Little Mountain and established
the community of West Warm Springs. Many early
residents worked at nearby resorts, including . . . — — Map (db m208441) HM
As early as 1880, the Hodge family was responsible for the management of the Warm Springs Mountain tollhouse. By the end of the tool road's operation in the 1910s, there were ten children living at the house "up on the mountain". Much of the data . . . — — Map (db m34299) HM
You are standing on the site of a tollhouse which served the Warm Springs Mountain Turnpike during the nineteenth century. This mountain gap was occupied by humans long before its use as a turnpike tollhouse. Archaeological research at the site . . . — — Map (db m34272) HM
Atop Warm Springs Mountain, one gazes across a see of ridges rolling to the horizon — an unexpected, unbroken forest in a well-traversed part of America. The view was much the same for the Algonquins, who called these mountains allegheny, . . . — — Map (db m172845) HM
The end of the eighteenth century saw Virginia change from an agriculture-based society to one of urban centers. Once British trade restrictions were removed after the War of 1812, river ports such as Alexandria, Fredericksburg, and Richmond . . . — — Map (db m172869) HM
Although turnpikes were built primarily to facilitate trade, many routes within western Virginia were improved to support recreation. Warm Springs Mountain Turnpike provided access to the Warm Springs and Hot Springs area, home of natural mineral . . . — — Map (db m34289) HM
The Nature Conservancy is the world's leading conservation organization, protecting and restoring the lands and waters on which all life depends. In Virginia, we have protected almost 300,000 acres and many miles of trails for visitors to enjoy. . . . — — Map (db m307995) HM
