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10 Walking Tours Listing(s) within History
A Guidebook to Historic Fredericksburg
This handbook published by the Historic Fredericksburg Foundation is a convenient guide to accompany visitors on a walking tour of Old Town. $4.50 plus tax.
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(540) 373-1776
706 Caroline St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
706 Caroline St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Blacks first inhabited Virginia in 1619. They came to the sparsely settled Rappahannock Valley long before Fredericksburg was officially founded in 1728. Slaves worked on plantations, on the docks, in iron industries, mining and quarries, mercantile businesses, construction, domestic services, and others were skilled blacksmiths, coopers, cobblers, and draymen. African Americans were vital in the development of the area.
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(540) 373-1776
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Blacks first arrived in isolated and sparsely populated Spotsylvania County along with white settlers in the early 1700's. Through the years before the Civil War, as slaves and occasionally as free men and women, they were an important force in area development.
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Native American Indians roamed and settled in the area known as Virginia centuries before the first documented Indian settlement in Stafford County. Indians lived here as early as 1,000 B.C., hundreds of years before Indian princess Pocahontas and English Captain John Smith visited these shores. In 1647, the Brent family migrated from Maryland to establish the first permanent English settlement. Stafford County was formed a few years later in 1664.
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In Old Town Fredericksburg you can explore more than 100 boutiques, antique shops, art galleries and studios, and a varied menu of dining establishments, concentrated in the downtown area. The shopping district is located in Fredericksburg's 40-block National Historic District, which is filled with more than 350 original 18th and early 19th century buildings. Before exploring charming Old Town Fredericksburg, be sure to stop by the Fredericksburg Visitor Center where you'll find maps, brochures and a video presentation to enhance your visit. Find convenient parking in the downtown parking garage in the 100 block of Wolfe Street. Also, free parking passes on street and other parking lots are available at the Fredericksburg Visitor Center.
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(540) 373-1776
706 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
706 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Pass to Historic Fredericksburg
The Pass to Historic Fredericksburg is your guide to 8 our finest historic landmarks. Purchase a Pass to Historic Fredericksburg at the Visitor Center or other selected sites and receive reduced admission to the historic districtÕs most frequently visited attractions. A pocketsize map is included. $29.00 for adults, $8 for students ages 6 through 18. The Pass to Historic Fredericksburg is undated and offers a 50 percent savings over individual attraction admissions. Available at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania visitor centers, each featured attraction, and at additional retail outlets.
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(540) 373-1776
706 Caroline St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
706 Caroline St
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
The spirit of the past still lives in Fredericksburg, Virginia. George Washington's foot-steps seem to echo on the paths and streets of his hometown. The voices of Thomas Jefferson and other colonial leaders seem to resound through the Rising Sun Tavern.
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The development of this handsome old street into one of the most graceful residential areas in Fredericksburg began with the vision of 18th century lawyer and entrepreneur Roger Dixon. Dixon, who came to the area in 1749 to practice law, soon became interested Fredericksburg real estate. In January 1752, he purchased 330 acres outside the town's lower limits. Dixon's purchase encompassed the mouth of a Rappahannock River tributary, Hazel Run and was across the river from George Washington's boyhood home, Ferry Farm.
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Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Hanover Street, named after the House of Hanover, was developed on part of a tract of land granted' in 1671 to early Virginia settlers Thomas Royston and John Buckner. The street was one of Fredericksburg's original eight streets, when the city was granted its charter in 1728.
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Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Fredericksburg has always been a favorable location for milling. The river provided valuable water power as well as an important transportation link for receiving raw materials and shipping finished products. Prior to the Civil War, most of the city's mills were owned and operated by local investors.
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Fredericksburg, VA 22401
