Things To Do in Raccoon Ford, Virginia

Inscription. Joe Thoms, Sr. a slave harness-maker, founded Oak Grove Baptist Church during the Civil War at his nearby log cabin, which burned in 1869. The congregation then met here, on land owned... More on HMDB

Sunday Early Worship Service is at 8:30 a.m., Sunday School is at 9:45 ... More on Yahoo! Travel

Inscription. Home of Judge John Williams Green. Judge Green entertained Lafayette here on August 22, 1825. , Erected 1929 by Conservation & Development Commission. (Marker Number F-3: ), , Location. 38° 27.283′ N, 78° ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Ambrose Powell Hill, who went by the name Powell, son of a prominent Culpeper planter and merchant, lived in this house from age 4 until he entered West Point at age 16. Named for an uncle and small in stature, the citizens ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Confederate cavalry chief Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and Maj. John Pelham, the commander of Stuarts Horse Artillery, frequented the Virginia House Hotel and often visited the Shackelford family across the street. A warm friendship ... More on HMDB

Mount Pony Signal Station F-34 Mount Pony Signal Station F-34 In Aug. 1862, during the Civil War, Union Maj. Gen. John Pope established a signal station on Mount Pony, just northeast of here. On th... More on Dhr.virginia.gov

Inscription. In Aug. 1862, during the Civil War, Union Maj. Gen. John Pope established a signal station on Mount Pony, just northeast of here. On the summit of the mountain, a high scaffold was con... More on HMDB

Inscription. Col. John Jameson (1751-1810) owned land nearby. He served as the Culpeper County court clerk (1772-1810) and a captain in the Culpeper Minute Men battalion during the Revolutionary War. In Sept. 1780, while serving under ... More on HMDB

Inscription. National Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Eppa Rixey was born on May 3, 1891. Rixey played for the Philadelphia Phillies (NL) and the Cincinnati Reds (NL) during a career that spanned 21 years. He was nicknamed "Jeptha" ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Following the Gettysburg Campaign, Federal officials sought to verify rumors that a substantial part of Gen. Robert E. Lees Confederate army had been detached. On September 13, 1863, Federal cavalry moved down the tracks ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Shortly after the revolutionary conventions held in the spring and summer of 1775, Culpeper County lieutenant James Barbour began organizing a 300-man battalion in the counties of Culpeper, Orange, and Fauquier. Yowell ... More on HMDB

Inscription. (Front): To the memory of, Twenty-two officers and soldiers of the, 10th Maine Volunteer Infantry, killed at Cedar Mountain, Va. August 9th, 1862. (Back): Capt. Andrew C. Cloudman Co. E. 1st Lieut. James C. Folsom, Co. ... More on HMDB