Historical Markers and War Memorials in Haymarket, Virginia
Manassas is the county seat for Prince William County
Haymarket is in Prince William County
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On Loudoun Drive (County Route 615) at Largo Vista Drive, on the right when traveling west on Loudoun Drive.
Acting on good intelligence, Union Gen. George G. Meade ordered a trap set here for Maj. John Singleton Mosby and his band of partisan rangers on the morning of June 22, 1863. With a small detachment of the 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry exposed as bait, . . . — — Map (db m202904) HM
Near Thoroughfare Road, 0.4 miles south of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the right when traveling south.
The Antioch-McCrae School was a one-story brick veneered cinder block schoolhouse located in the northwestern portion of the property. The two-room school was one of 21 Prince William schools built for African American students. It was larger . . . — — Map (db m163992) HM
On Washington Street (Virginia Route 55) at Fayette Street, on the left when traveling west on Washington Street.
The town of Haymarket, chartered in 1799, owes its location to the junction of the Old Carolina Road and the north branch of the Dumfries Road at the site of the Red House. The Carolina Road developed from the Iroquois hunting path which was . . . — — Map (db m766) HM
Near Thoroughfare Road, 0.4 miles south of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the right when traveling north.
In 1860, the majority of farms in Prince William County were producing corn, oats and wheat. It is likely that most of the Villages of Piedmont land used at this time was used as farmland with some timber lots.
According to the 1850 U.S. . . . — — Map (db m163988) HM
On Washington Street (John Marshall Highway) (Virginia Route 55) west of Jefferson Street (Old Carolina Road), on the left when traveling west.
On June 25, 1863, Confederate Gen. J.E.B. Stuart and about 5,000 of his cavalrymen approached
Haymarket. They acted on orders from commanding Gen. Robert E. Lee, who was on the western side of the Bull Run Mountains marching north to invade . . . — — Map (db m1551) HM
On Washington Street (John Marshall Highway) (Virginia Route 55) west of Jefferson Street (Old Carolina Road), on the left when traveling west.
Throughout the Civil War, Haymarket and its residents endured the consequences of occupying an important geographical location. Marching armies
passed through the town during the First and Second Battles of Manassas,
the engagement at . . . — — Map (db m119056) HM
Near Washington Street (Virginia Route 55) at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling west.
What we now call The Haymarket Post Office has served this community in many ways. The land was purchased by George A. Hulfish in 1883 and the structure was erected in 1885 with a recorded tax assessment of $350.
It is believed that the . . . — — Map (db m69639) HM
On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) 0.1 miles north of Market Ridge Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area is a 180-mile long, 75 mile-wide historical region extending from Gettysburg to Monticello. Teeming with battlefields, historic sites, charming towns, and breathtaking natural beauty, the . . . — — Map (db m163997) HM WM
On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) at Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234), on the right when traveling north on James Madison Highway.
Near Hopewell Gap, five miles west, Simon Kenton was born, 1755. Leaving home in 1771, he became an associate of Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark in Indian fighting. He won fame as a scout and as one of the founders of Kentucky. Kenton died in . . . — — Map (db m106) HM
The oldest church in continuous service in Prince William County. Erected in 1801, this building was a district courthouse for four counties 1803-09; Hygeia Academy 1814-1816. Bought by William Skinker 1822, thence used by Episcopaleans and . . . — — Map (db m60675) HM
On Leopolds Trail, 0.3 miles north of Market Ridge Boulevard, on the right when traveling north.
Quote by General Davies
"I sent forward my wagons, artillery, and the rest of my column to the left, with the instructions to cross Broad Run and make toward Hay Market, and then, with the First West Virginia Cavalry and Second . . . — — Map (db m174819) HM
On Thoroughfare Road, 0.4 miles south of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55).
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
Brig. Gen. James Ricketts's Union division is flanked by a Confederate column passing through Hopewell Gap several miles to the north and by troops securing the high ground at Thoroughfare . . . — — Map (db m167443) HM
On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) 0.6 miles south of Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234), on the right when traveling south.
The Carolina Road, earlier an Indian hunting path, roughly approximating Route 15 at this point, derived its name from trade between Frederick, Maryland, and Georgia. Later the road was used by settlers emigrating to western lands. Because of . . . — — Map (db m105) HM
Near Thoroughfare Road, 0.4 miles south of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the right when traveling south.
Notice the dot on the You Are Here map. This was where one of the first public schools for Prince William County's African-American children was established, and it stood just inside the northwest corner of this property.
In October . . . — — Map (db m163995) HM
Near Thoroughfare Road, 0.4 miles south of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the right when traveling south.
Ducks Unlimited, a proud partner of Leopold's Preserve, has conserved and restored more than 13 million acres of the most critical habitat for waterfowl and other wildlife since 1937. Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems on the . . . — — Map (db m163993) HM
On Jefferson Street at Payne Lane, on the left when traveling south on Jefferson Street.
In Appreciation Of
William Edward Ray, Sr.
For His Work In Behalf Of Freemasonry
In The
Third, and Fifty-Eighth Masonic Districts
As
District Deputy Grand Master
58th Masonic District
(Now the 4th Masonic District) . . . — — Map (db m164003) HM
