Kenny's Blog

Virginia Historical Highway MarkersStafford CountyE 50From Indian Path to HighwayThis marker is near one of Stafford County's baseball fields that my son used to play and I coached, only a few miles south of Stafford's courthouse on Route 1. When you pass this marker heading south you pass over  ...

Virginia Historical Highway MarkersStafford CountyJ 92Aquia Landing This marker was on Route 608 (Brooke Road) near the entrance to the park at Aquia Landing, but now it's missing. When I was younger, Aquia Landing was called Aqua Po Beach. This is where Aquia Creek and the Potomac River meet. It...

Virginia Historical Highway MarkersStafford CountyJ 61George Washington's Childhood Home This marker is on Route 3 (Kings Highway) in Ferry Farm, on the right, heading east.George's actual home is not standing, but there is an area open for visitors at the home site.The sign reads:The Washington ...

Virginia Historical Highway MarkersStafford CountyJ 93Little Falls This marker is on Route 3 (Kings Highway) heading east a couple miles outside of Ferry Farm, on the right hand side. I live a few miles from here in a subdivision called Little Falls Village. At one time we lived in a subdivision ...

I have abandoned HouseValues. I have been doing this for a while without a single meeting. I thought for sure that someone would have wanted to meet and talk about selling their house. Even the people that said that they wanted to sell right away didn't want to meet.I occasionally came across peo...

I'm a big history buff and Virginia is full of history. Ever since I was a kid, I loved reading those signs on the side of the road to see what happened. The Virginia Department of Historic Resources is what manages these signs. Their web page is http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/index.htm. The histori...

Orange County, Virginia is basically half an hour west of the City of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is in the middle of Richmond and Washington, D.C. It takes about an hour to get to Richmond or Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95 from Fredericksburg. Orange is surrounded by Culpep...

Caroline County, Virginia is basically a little south of the halfway point from Richmond to Washington, D.C. It takes about 45 minutes to get to Richmond and about an hour and 15 minutes to get to Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95. Caroline is surrounded by Spotsylvania County to ...

King George County, Virginia is west of the City of Fredericksburg. Fredericksburg is in the middle of Richmond and Washington, D.C. From Fredericksburg, it takes about an hour to get to Richmond or Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95. King George is surrounded by Stafford County to...

Spotsylvania County, Virginia is basically in the middle of Richmond and Washington, D.C. It takes about an hour to get to Richmond or Washington, D.C. (non rush hour) on Interstate 95. Spotsylvania is surrounded by Stafford County to the North, Culpeper County to the north, City of Fredericksbur...