Fairfax County has a “storied history.” “The lives of those who came before us still affect us today,” U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly told attendees of the 17 th Fairfax History Conference held ...

Virginia has erected more than 2,600 state historical markers. The marker program started in 1927 and is an effort to document Virginia’s history through people, places, or events of regional ...

What is it: Pickaxe used in county’s Dover Mines Backstory: For much of the 18th and 19th centuries, coal mines in southeastern Goochland shaped the identity of the county.