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On January 17, 1965, the Ruritan held its 35th national convention in Philadelphia with World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker as the keynote speaker. [6] That year, it was the sixth largest civic club in the United States with more than 1,000 clubs in nineteen states. [6] In 2024, Ruritan National has over 23,000 members in more than 900 local ...
Historical marker at Galax. The area that later became Galax was part of an 800-acre (320 ha) land grant given to James Buchanan in 1756 by the British Crown. The first plat map for Galax is dated December 1903; [5] The town founders selected the site for the city on a wide expanse of meadowland bisected by Chestnut Creek and sitting at an altitude of 2,500 feet (760 m) on a plateau. [6]
Galax Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Galax, Virginia. The district encompasses 67 contributing buildings in the central business district of Galax. A few of the buildings are one-story storefronts, but a majority of the buildings are two-story commercial buildings with either apartments or offices ...
Location of Galax in Virginia. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Galax, Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the independent city of Galax, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Buildings and structures in Galax, Virginia (1 C, 1 P) N. National Register of Historic Places in Galax, Virginia (5 P) P. People from Galax, Virginia (16 P) T.
Bush Mill, also known as Bond Roller Mill, is a historic grist mill located near Nickelsville, Scott County, Virginia.It was built in 1896, and is a three-story, log and timber frame building on a limestone foundation.
This remained the signature logo for Baskin Robbins until 1991, when the names “Baskin” and “Robbins” sandwiched the number 31. This is also when they first began the pink and blue color ...
Within the Village Center are homes, two marinas, a restaurant, post office, and a former community center (originally this building was the old Rescue school constructed in 1925, which ultimately served as the meeting place for the Rescue Community League and Ruritan Club).