Historical Markers and War Memorials in Grottoes, Virginia

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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Grottoes, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Augusta County, Grottoes — W-220 — George Caleb Bingham —

George Caleb Bingham, a renowned American genre painter of the 19th century, was born in a frame house just north of here on 20 March 1811. Bingham moved to Missouri in 1819, where he began painting portraits in the 1830s and later specialized in . . . — — Map (db m13620) HM

2 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Appalachian Trail —

You are standing next to the Appalachian Trail. Also called the A.T., this footpath stretches more than 2,100 miles across mountaintop and ridge from Maine to Georgia. You can see where the trail enters and exits each end of this overlook. The A.T. . . . — — Map (db m46003) HM

3 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Big Run Watershed —

Rocky Top, the high ridge to your left, Brown Mt., straight ahead and Loft Mt., behind you, enclose an eleven square mile watershed, the largest in the Park. One inch of rainfall on this area amounts to nearly 200 million gallons. Some of this . . . — — Map (db m46004) HM

4 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Civil War Tourism Attraction — Soldiers Visit Weyers Cave —

Up the hill to your left is the entrance to Grand Caverns, known as Weyers Cave during the Civil War. Discovered in 1804, it soon became famous. During the Shenandoah Valley campaigns of 1862 and 1864, several Union and Confederate soldiers visited . . . — — Map (db m174136) HM

5 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Civilian Conservation Corps —

During the 1930s, this area was the site of CCC Camp NP-27, which was moved into Shenandoah National Park from Grottoes, Virginia. — — Map (db m46010) HM

6 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Shenandoah’s Deer —

“Look! There’s a deer!” Visitors often exclaim these words in Shenandoah national park-an amazing fact since deer were not here in 1926 when Congress authorized Shenandoah. Years of hunting and other human activity had eliminated them. In 1934, . . . — — Map (db m222714) HM

7 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Skyline Drive — The High Road Through Shenandoah National Park —

Among the scenic roads of America’s national parks, the Skyline Drive may be the most famous. For decades the Drive has given millions of visitors easy access to the mountains and sky of Shenandoah National Park. The Skyline Drive follows the . . . — — Map (db m222715) HM

8 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Veterans Memorial —

This monument is dedicated to our Veterans who unselfishly answered the call of their country to serve in her foreign wars and especially to those who gave their lives. — — Map (db m236711) WM

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9 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — Veterans Memorial —

Dedicated to all Veterans past, present and future. We remain free because of your sacrifice. — — Map (db m236712) WM

10 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes — What's Special about Shenandoah? — Shenandoah National Park —

Skyline Drive Shenandoah's portal to your national park adventure... Designed with pleasure and beauty in mind, Skyline Drive meanders 105 memorable miles through Shenandoah National Park, revealing scenic splendor at every . . . — — Map (db m211407) HM

11 ► Virginia, Rockingham County, Grottoes, Shenandoah National Park — Jackson's Valley Campaign —

Brown’s Gap, ¾ of a mile north, was one of the strategic mountain passes used in the spring of 1862 by Stonewall Jackson near the beginning and end of his whirlwind offensive. His secret military strategy took full advantage of the complex . . . — — Map (db m230169) HM

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