On Zachary Taylor Highway (U.S. 522) 0.4 miles north of Hume Road (County Route 635), on the right when traveling north.
Pvt. Albert G. Willis, Co. C, Col. John S. Mosby's Partisan Rangers (43d Battalion, Virginia Cavalry) and at least one other Ranger were captured about 13 Oct. 1864 near Gaines Crossroads by Union Brig. Gen. William H. Powell's U.S. 2d Cavalry . . . — — Map (db m31904) HM
On Skyline Drive, 13.8 miles south of Stonewall Jackson Highway (U.S. 340), on the right when traveling north.
From here, looking east from the Blue Ridge crest, you see the Piedmont, a broad plain dotted with few low hills. Noting similarities to their European homeland, early settlers named this land "piedmonte," Italian meaning . . . — — Map (db m74099) HM
