Cheap Things To Do in Mineral, Virginia

Lake Anna is a 9,600-acre impoundment located in Louisa, Orange, and Spotsylvania counties.Lake Anna is located midway between Fredericksburg and Richmond but to the West. Initial stockings began in 1972, with introductions of largemouth ... More on AnglerWeb.com

North Anna Visitors Center in Mineral, VA is one of more than 15,400 museums in the MuseumsUSA directory. Find an exciting museum ... More on MuseumsUSA.org

Inscription. This is the site of Camp P-82, CCC Company 2359, Mineral Virginia. The camp was established in 1934 and provided work for more than two hundred young men during the depths of the Great Depression. Their responsibilities ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Cuckoo, long a landmark for travelers, was built for Henry Pendleton about 1819. Nearby once stood the Cuckoo Tavern, from which in 1781 Jack Jouett made his famous ride. The Pendletons, a prominent family of physicians ... More on HMDB

Inscription. From the tavern that stood here, Jack Jouett rode to Charlottesville, by the Old Mountain Road, in time to warn the members of the Virginia government of the coming of Tarleton's British cavalry, June 3, 1781. , Erected ... More on HMDB

On June 11 and 12, 1864, US General Sheridan was sent by General Grant to cut the railroad between Louisa and Gordonsville to disrupt Confederate supplies for Richmond. CSA General Hampton was sent... More on Virginia.org

Inscription. — Fought here June 11, 12, 1864 —, Confederate Gens. Wade Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee, and Thomas L. Rosser, victors over, Federal Gens. P. H. Sheridan and G. A. Custer, 5000 Con... More on HMDB

Inscription. At Roundabout Plantation, eight miles southwest, Patrick Henry lived from 1765 to 1768, when he sat for Louisa County in the House of Burgesses. This was the beginning of his political career. , Erected by Conservation ... More on HMDB

Inscription. John Mercer Langston was born 5.5 miles N. W. of here on 14 Dec. 1829, son of plantation owner Ralph Quarles and his former slave Lucy Langston. A graduate of Oberlin College (1849), in 1855 Langston became township clerk ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The Battle of Trevilian Station: You are standing in the historic town of Louisa Court House (now Louisa). During the Civil War, the Virginia Central Railroad passed through this county seat. The main street became the ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Battle of Trevilian Station: Here in Oakland Cemetery, beneath small, rectangular stone markers, rest as many as 60 Confederate dead from the Battle of Trevilian Station. Most of them were never identified. Immediately ... More on HMDB