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Built in 1840, the plantation was purchased in 1843 by Edmund Ruffin, a Virginia planter and a pioneer in agricultural improvements; he also published an agricultural journal in the 1840s named the Farmer's Register.
The house was continuously inhabited by nine generations of Sheltons until the property was transferred to become part of Richmond National Battlefield Park in 2006. [8] The Park owns 124 acres and manages the site in cooperation with the private Rural Plains Foundation, which was established in 2013.
Women in agriculture (including the related industries of forestry and fishing) numbered 556,000 in 2011. [42] Agriculture in the U.S. makes up approximately 75% of the country's pesticide use. Agricultural workers are at high risk for being exposed to dangerous levels of pesticides, whether or not they are directly working with the chemicals. [44]
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Virginia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, other historic registers, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wise County, Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
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Wise is a town in Wise County, Virginia. The population was 3,286 at the 2010 census. [4] It is the county seat of Wise County. [5] It was originally incorporated as ...
Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee , Scott , and Russell Counties and named for Henry A. Wise , who was the Governor of Virginia at the time.