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	Green Springs National Historic Landmark District Stories

Green Springs Described

*Unique Soils and Hydrology:

Green Springs Soils Set the Standard for Productive Land Elsewhere, 1833

Green Springs Weathers a Drought, 1838

A Correspondent Theorizes about Bountiful Soils in Green Springs, 1843

*Famous Animals:

Green Springs Included on a Distinguished Bull's Breeding-Itinerary, 1831

Green Springs Included on a Distinguished Stallion's Breeding-Itinerary, 1833

Green Springs Experienced

*The American Revolution:

Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton Leads Raiding British Cavalry Through Louisa County, 1781

Eliza Ambler Describes Fleeing from Louisa Court House to Green Springs and Back Again, 1781

*Slavery:

Free and Enslaved Slave-Traders Visit Green Springs, c. 1820's

Green Springs Slaveholders Join a Mobilization Against Abolitionists and Warn of Civil War, 1836

An Advertisement Reveals an Enslaved Woman’s Family Connection, 1838

Green Springs Imagined

A Richmonder Seeks to Improve His Health, 1798

An Abolitionist Finds Revolutionary-War Precedent for a March by Union Troops, 1862

A 19th-Century Virginia Novelist and Public Servant Imagines 18th-Century Life at the Green Springs Mineral Springs, c. 1880

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			Did You Know? Green Springs National Historic Landmark District is privately owned, includes no public facilities, but is visible from public highways. It sits astride Route 15 in Louisa County, Virginia. more...

Last Updated: June 10, 2011 at 19:19 MST