Cyrus H. McCormick inventor of the reaper was born on this farm, Feb 15, 1809. Here he completed the first practical reaper in 1831 — — Map (db m67240) HM
Agriculture has changed in the Shenandoah Valley since McCormick’s day. Once known as the “breadbasket of the Confederacy” because of the amount of wheat grown here, the Valley grows very few small grains today. Much of the grain . . . — — Map (db m67242) HM
On Lee Highway (U.S. 11) 0.1 miles north of Tye River Turnpike (Virginia Route 56), on the right when traveling north.
The Rev. John Blair, a minister influenced by the Great Awakening, organized New Providence Presbyterian Church about 1746. The congregation moved to a site seven miles west of here about 1760, and the present Greek Revival-style sanctuary was . . . — — Map (db m172318) HM
On Brownsburg Turnpike (Virginia Route 252) just south of New Providence Road, on the right when traveling south.
Birthplace of: The Synod of Virginia 1788. Women of the Church. Presbyterian Church U.S.A. 1812. —————— It was one of the first churches in America to have a Sunday School and adjacent cemetery. —————— It has been in continuous use since the . . . — — Map (db m185631) HM
On Lee Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) near Raphine Road (County Route 606), on the right when traveling south.
Rockbridge County. Area 616 Square Miles. Formed in 1778 from Augusta and Botetourt, and named for the Natural Bridge. Samuel Houston and Cyrus H. McCormick were born in this county. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are . . . — — Map (db m23760) HM
On Lee Jackson Highway (U.S. 11) at Raphine Road (County Route 606), on the left when traveling south on Lee Jackson Highway. Reported missing.
A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the grain reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J. A. E. Gibbs devised the chainstitch sewing machine. — — Map (db m255134) HM
On Steeles Lane (Virginia Route 937) 0.6 miles east of Raphine Road ( Route 606), on the right when traveling east.
Where Cyrus Hall McCormick invented and in 1831 demonstrated the first successful reaper to introduce the era of farm mechanization is designated an Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering by American Society of Agricultural Engineers. — — Map (db m172943) HM
