Cheap Things To Do in Fishers Hill, Virginia

'Devil's Backbone State Forest' is a state forest located in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It lies on the slope of North Mountain in the drainage area of Cedar Creek near the town of Star Tannery west of Strasburg. The forest was ... More on Wikipedia

Inscription. 1864 Valley Campaign: You are standing behind the extreme left flank of Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's thinly stretched infantry line. At 4 p.m. on September 22, 1864, the soldiers ... More on HMDB

Inscription. 1864 Valley Campaign: This is Fisher's Hill, the Shenandoah Valley's "Gibraltar" a commanding height that offered Confederate forces a superb defensive position. Confederate Gen. Jubal... More on HMDB

Inscription. Soon after the end of the Civil War, veterans on both sides began holding reunions to walk the familiar battlegrounds and renew friendships with former comrades. Here at Fisher's Hill, veterans of the battle fought on ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Town Run is to your right. One source of the stream comes from a spring several blocks north at Hupp's Homestead. Bruce Hupp had his commercial watercress beds there. Often he boarded the train at Strasburg Depot ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Historic valley congregation, strasburg's, oldest, organized by German settlers (c.1747), who first worshiped in log building just west, of this site. Parish records date from 1769. Strasburg's first school conducted ... More on HMDB

Inscription. In the spring of 1862, U. S. Army Capt. Edward Hunt, an engineer, constructed a fortification on the hill where the Strasburg water tower now stands. Hunt selected the hill "because it had an effective command over the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The earthworks on the hilltop to the southwest were constructed by General Banks in the campaign of 1862. , Erected 1927 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number A-24: ), , Location. 38° 59.537′ ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The stone house to the south is Fort Bowman, or Harmony Hall, built about 1753 for George Bowman who emigrated from Pennsylvania in 1731-1732. The house is an important example of the Pennsylvania German influence on ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The railroad tracks before you follow the route of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which reached Strasburg from Washington, D. C. in 1854. The line was a vital link between the Shenandoah Valley and eastern markets. Strasburg ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Signal Knob, the northernmost point of Three Top Mountain, overlooks Strasburg and is 2110 ft. above sea level. During the Civil War, both sides used it as a signal station, but the Confederate signal corps occupied it ... More on HMDB