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In 1727, Adam Miller became the first white settler in the Shenandoah Valley. Miller was a Mennonite born in Schriesheim, Germany, who immigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1724 and reached the Shenandoah Valley three years later. [6] Mass German migration to the Shenandoah Valley and Northern Virginia began soon after 1725
Shenandoah Valley Cultural Heritage Museum at The Edinburg Mill: Edinburg: Shenandoah: Shenandoah Valley: Mill: Located in a restored 19th-century grist mill Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: Winchester: Winchester: Shenandoah Valley: Children's: website: Sherwood Forest Plantation: Charles City: Charles City: Tidewater/Hampton Roads ...
The Museum endeavours to preserve and enrich the cultural life and heritage of the Valley. Located on the largest green space in the city of Winchester, the MSV is a regional cultural center including a museum designed by Driehaus Prize winner Michael Graves, seven acres of formal gardens, and the Glen Burnie House dating to the 18th century.
Jost Hite – grandfather of Major Isaac Hite, Jr – was a German immigrant to the Shenandoah Valley. In 1732, Jost and his partner Robert McKay, along with 16 other families, journeyed via the Valley Pike into the northern Valley to settle on 140,000 acres (570 km 2) acquired through two land grants.
Map of the Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley in autumn A poultry farm with the Blue Ridge Mountains in the background A farm in the fertile Shenandoah Valley. The Shenandoah Valley (/ ˌ ʃ ɛ n ə n ˈ d oʊ ə /) is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia in the United States.
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park became the 388th unit of the United States National Park Service when it was authorized on December 19, 2002. The National Historical Park was created to protect several historically significant locations in the Shenandoah Valley of Northern Virginia, notably the site of the American Civil War Battle of Cedar Creek and the Belle Grove ...
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia is the biggest open air museum in the Shenandoah Valley. The museum operates on 188 acres of land in Staunton, Virginia, [1] which includes approximately 1.8 miles of paved walking trails. The museum features eleven exhibits, eight of which are working farms displaying the daily life of those who ...
John Lederer was a 17th-century German physician and an explorer of the Appalachian Mountains. He and the members of his party became the first Europeans to crest the Blue Ridge Mountains (1669) and the first to see the Shenandoah Valley and the Allegheny Mountains beyond. A map documenting his discoveries was integral to subsequent ...