Cheap Things To Do in Beaverdam, Virginia

One of Virginia's oldest plantation houses. Scotchtown was Patrick Henry's home during the Revoutionary War. More on Virginia.org

One of Virginia's oldest plantation houses, Scotchtown is a charming one-story white-clapboard home in a parklike setting of small dependencies and gardens. More on Frommers

Located in the heart of Beaverdam, the Depot is under restoration. It is a combination railroad museum and event hall ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. The first railroad depot at Beaver Dam was built ca. 1840 to serve the farmers of Hanover and Louisa counties. Its strategic location during the Civil War made it a target of many Union raids. The July 20, 1862, raid ... More on HMDB

Inscription. William Clark was born to John and Ann Rogers Clark on 1 Aug. 1770 on the family farm about one mile north. The Clark family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1784. William Clark served in the Kentucky militia and in ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Erected in 1729-32 as the Upper Church of Saint Paul's Parish, Hanover County, Slash Church's location next to swampy woods (a "slash" in 18th-century terms) gave it its name. The Reverend Patrick Henry, uncle of the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. This old tavern was a stagecoach stop on the Mountain Road between Richmond and Charlottesville and it was here that horses were changed. For most of the 19th century, the Higgason, Barlow, and Shelburne families operated ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In 1754, John and Ann Rogers Clark, with their sons Jonathan and George Rogers, moved from Albemarle County to a farm four miles west. There were born Ann, John, Richard, Edmund, Lucy, Elizabeth, William and Frances. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Lee camped here, on May 21, 1864, on his way to the North Anna to oppose Grant moving southward. Ewell's and Longstreet's corps rested here that night. , Erected 1946 by Virginia Conservation Commission. (Marker Number ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The scattered corps of the Union army reunited here at Carmel Church (known during the war as Mount Carmel Church) on May 23 before attacking Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee across the North Anna River, approximately three ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Here, at Mount Carmel Church, on May 23, 1864, Hancocks (Second) Corps turned south to the North Anna River; Warrens (Fifth) Corps and Wrights (Sixth) Corps here turned west to Jericho Mills on the River. Grant had his ... More on HMDB