The Historian found a Mennonite meetinghouse on Mutton Hollow Road, Greene County, Virginia, on a recent forray off the Skyline Drive. Established as a mission station by the Middle District of the Virginia Mennonite Conference in the early 20th century, the church today, Mt. Hermon Mennonite, is a part of the Southeastern Mennonite Conference.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
Sesquicentennial of Valley Burning 1864
Recently the Historian visited the site where Northern Officer John Meigs died during the Civil War. His death nearly caused the burning of Dayton, but it did result in many barns and other structures being burned by Union troops in the surrounding area. Meigs’ marker is one evidence that remains of the terrible burnning of over 400 barns, over 30 mills and around 30 houses by Union forces during the Valley Campaign of 1864, in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.