Historical Markers in Raphine, Virginia

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Historical Markers in Raphine, Virginia

1 ► Virginia, Augusta County, Raphine — A-39 — New Providence Church —

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

2 ► Virginia, Augusta County, Raphine — Walnut Grove — Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering —

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

3 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Raphine — Cyrus H. McCormick — Inventor of the Reaper —

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

4 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Raphine — New Providence Presbyterian Church —

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

5 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Raphine — Z-109 — Rockbridge County / Augusta County —

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

6 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Raphine — The Marl Creek Interpretive Trail — At McCormick Farm —

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

7 ► Virginia, Rockbridge County, Raphine — A-51 — Virginia Inventors —

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 m23762) HM

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