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Rich Hole Wilderness is located 16 miles (26 km) west of Lexington, Virginia, just off of Interstate 64. Rich Hole Wilderness ranges in elevation from 1,500 feet (457 m) to 3,500 feet (1,067 m). The wilderness is named after the drainage "holes" in Brushy Mountain. [ 1] The Rich Hole Wilderness drainages, the North Branch of Simpson Creek and ...
May 30, 1974 [2] The Virginia Military Institute Historic District is a 12-acre (4.9 ha) National Historic Landmark District encompassing the historic central core of the Virginia Military Institute campus in Lexington, Virginia. Developed beginning in 1839, the school grew into the premiere military academy in the Southern United States ...
Wildlife Resources Section, WV Division of Natural Resources. Pleasant Creek Wildlife Management Area is located near Philippi, West Virginia in Barbour and Taylor counties. Located on 3,030 acres (1,230 ha) land that varies from wetlands to steeply forested woodlands, the Pleasant Creek WMA rises to an elevation of 1,600 feet (490 m).
A male victim was shot in the back in a possible gang-related drive-by shooting near the University of Southern California. The suspect fled into the University Campus. The victim was last reported in stable condition before being transported to a local hospital. [224] February 22, 2014 Augusta, Georgia: 0 1 1
Fort Walker. Mary Edwards Walker, first woman Army surgeon and Medal of Honor recipient. Eponym for Fort Walker. Fort Walker, [8] formerly Fort A.P. Hill, is a training and maneuver center belonging to the United States Army located near the town of Bowling Green, Virginia. The center focuses on arms training and is used by all branches of the ...
Lexington is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. At the 2020 census , the population was 7,320. [ 4 ] It is the county seat of Rockbridge County , although the two are separate jurisdictions, and is combined with it for statistical purposes by the Bureau of Economic Analysis . [ 5 ]
September 9, 1969 [1] The Old Barracks is a historic building on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia. Built in 1848 and repeatedly enlarged and redesigned by a succession of architects, it includes at its core the oldest surviving building of the campus. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark in ...
Updated September 13, 2024 at 10:09 AM. A late-night shooting near a bus servicing business in southeast Virginia Thursday left two men dead and three seriously injured, police said. The shooting ...