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Fairy Stone State Park

Fairy Stone State Park, located in Patrick County, Virginia, is the largest of the original Virginia six state parks that opened on June 15, 1936, and is named for the cross-shaped "fairy stones" (staurolite) commonly found in the vicinity of the park. The park's land was donated in 1933 by Junius B. Fishburn, former president of the Southwest Virginia Trust Co. and former owner of the Roanoke Times. The park is 4,741 acres (19.19 km2), making it the largest of the six original parks and the second largest today after Pocahontas State Park. Some of the park's features, including its lake and many structures still in use, were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. See also List of Virginia state parks References External links Media related to Fairy Stone State Park at Wikimedia Commons Fairy Stone State Park Web Site Fairy Stone State Park in World Database on Protected Areas
Іматрові камені

Іматрові камені (рос. иматровы камни, англ. fairy stones, нім. Smatrasteine m pl) — мергельні конкреції дивовижної, часто дископодібної, концентрично-дискоїдальної форми. Утворюють зростки специфичної форми, типу «вісімки» і складніші. Виникають в шарах стрічкових глин, в озерних відкладах. Описані багатьма дослідниками під різними назвами на велетенській території від Фінляндії до Канады, у Північно-Східних штатах США, в Тувинській автономній республіці, на Північному Кавказі. Від назви водоспаду Іматра в Фінляндії. Література Мала гірнича енциклопедія : у 3 т. / за ред. В. С. Білецького. — Д. : Донбас, 2004. — Т. 1 : А — К. — 640 с. — ISBN 966-7804-14-3. Посилання http://www.cnshb.ru/AKDiL/0042/base/RI/001610.shtm [Архівовано 15 січня 2010 у Wayback Machine.] Fairy Stone State Park Web Site Fairy Stone State Park in World Database on Protected Areas Staurolite Crystals of Patrick Co., VA
Fan Mountain Observatory

For the mountains in Tajikistan, see the Fann Mountains. Fan Mountain Observatory (or Fan Mountain Station of Leander McCormick Observatory), an observatory operated by the Astronomy Department of the University of Virginia in southern Albemarle County, Virginia. It was opened in 1966 with a 31-inch (790 mm) Tinsley reflector, with a 40-inch (1,000 mm) Baker-Schmidt astrometric reflector following in 1972, to extend the parallax work of the McCormick Observatory, which was suffering from light pollution from growing Charlottesville, Virginia by this time. Description Today both telescopes have been outfitted with state-of-the-art instruments and are operated nightly by university students and faculty. The primary instruments for the 40-inch (1,000 mm) telescope are a 2048x2048 SITe CCD for direct imaging and a fiber-fed visible wavelength spectrograph, FOBOS, for general spectroscopy and precision radial velocity measurement. The 31-inch (790 mm) telescope supports a 1024x1024 HAWAII-1 based HgCdTe infrared camera operating between 0.8 and 2.5 μm. This camera is capable of direct imaging in an 8.5 x 8.5' (2.5 x 2.5 mrad) field with 0.5" (2.4 μrad) pixels as well as polarimetry and grism spectroscopy. Viewing Fan Mountain observatory hosts a "public night" twice each year when eyepieces are placed on the two telescopes for general viewing. At other times, the facility is closed to the public, including the grounds and road up to the observatory. See also List of observatories List of largest optical refracting telescopes References External links Fan Mountain Observatory home page Fan Mountain Observatory Clear Sky Clock Forecast of observing conditions.
Fauquier High School

Fauquier High School is a public high school in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. The school is part of Fauquier County Public Schools and is located at 705 Waterloo Road. Its mascot is the falcon. History Fauquier opened in 1963 and is the oldest high school in Fauquier County. The county was primarily a rural area, but has experienced a high rate of growth since the 1990s, which led to Liberty High School's opening in 1994, and Kettle Run High School's opening in the fall of 2008. In 2015, the school's student-run newspaper, The Falconer, was prohibited by the school administration from publishing an article about student drug use. The article eventually was published in the local publication Fauquier Now with a substantially wider audience. In 2023, principal Kraig Kelican died from injuries he sustained in a vehicular accident while driving to school. The school's football field was renamed to Kelican Field in his honor. Academics Laurel Ridge Community College offers a dual enrollment program where students can earn college credit while in high school. The school's scholastic bowl team competes annually on It's Academic. References External links Fauquier High School's official website Fauquier's official sports website Fauquier's official Band website Archived July 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Fauquier County Public Schools website Fauquier's student newspaper
Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge

The Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge located along the Potomac River in Virginia, at the point where it meets Neabsco Creek. The 325 acres (1.32 km2) of tidal marsh has been administered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service since 1970; currently, it is part of the Potomac River National Wildlife Refuge Complex. The refuge covers wetlands and woodlands, and has a railroad right-of-way bordering its western edge. It is currently accessible only by boat, but has been considered as a possible portion of the route for the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail. References External links Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge Website This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
Fifth Street Viaduct

The Fifth Street Viaduct or the Fifth Street Bridge, officially the Curtis Holt Sr. Bridge, is a bridge crossing Bacon's Quarter Branch in the Shockoe Valley of Richmond, Virginia in the United States. It carries automobile and pedestrian traffic between Downtown Richmond's Jackson Ward and Gilpin Court with the North Side's Chestnut Hill and Highland Park. History 1891 bridge The first Fifth Street Viaduct, also called the Northside Viaduct, was an iron structure completed in February 1891 for streetcars, which had been introduced in Richmond in 1887. It included a vehicular roadway, a walkway, and double-tracked street railway and was described as "a splendid iron structure 40 feet wide and 1200 feet long, costing about $80,000 ..." in a developer's advertisement at the time. The streetcar line allowed for the development of Chestnut Hill and Highland Park which were streetcar suburbs north of the deep Shockoe Valley. The Northside Viaduct was opened to the public on April 23, 1891. Masonry remnants of the north abutment of this original bridge are still visible. The extension of Fifth Street north of Hospital St., along with the construction of the Fifth Street Viaduct, or Northside Viaduct, destroyed many graves in the Shockoe Hill African Burying Ground. The street and viaduct were constructed directly through the burial ground. At the time of construction, the burial ground appeared on maps as Potter's Field. 1933 bridge The second Fifth Street Viaduct was a reinforced concrete bridge built in 1933 to allow for automobile, streetcar, and pedestrian travel between the neighborhoods of Highland Park and Jackson Ward. The design was drafted by Alfredo C. Janni and the bridge was built by the Richmond Bridge Corporation. The 1,185-foot (360 m) bridge consisted of seven double-span rigid frames supported on expansion piers and stiff towers and was one of five Richmond bridges built during 1933-34 in a major public works program sponsored by the Richmond Bridge Corporation in conjunction with local authorities On December 23, 1933, after several days of preliminary streetcar usage, the Fifth Street Viaduct opened for all forms of travel. The bridge was tolled until August 1935 and the City of Richmond agreed to retire the debt of the Richmond Bridge Corporation through annual cash payments. On July 17, 1941, at the urging of City Council member John Hirshberg, the Fifth Street Viaduct was officially renamed the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Bridge. Current bridge The current Fifth Street Viaduct opened in August 1997. In 2000, the name of the bridge was changed to the Curtis Holt Sr. Bridge. The renaming of the bridge was among several such renamings cited as the impetus for a failed 2004 Virginia Assembly bill to restrict such actions in the Commonwealth. See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Virginia References External links Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. VA-67, "Fifth Street Viaduct, Spanning Bacon's Quarter Branch Valley on Fifth Street, Richmond, Independent City, VA", 23 photos, 24 data pages, 7 photo caption pages
Church of the Good Shepherd (Lynchburg, Virginia)

The Church of the Good Shepherd (formerly known as First Baptist Church) is a historic Gothic Revival church located at 1100 Court Street, Lynchburg, Virginia. Architecture The church is built of hard-pressed red brick on a rough granite foundation. The main facade of the church, facing Eleventh Street, and the two sides are centered with large rose windows framed within Gothic arches covered with hood moldings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It is also a contributing property to the Court House Hill-Downtown Historic District. History Construction on First Baptist Church began in 1884 and the church was dedicated in 1886. In the 1920s, Lynchburg architect Stanhope S. Johnson designed the complementary Sunday School annex. In 1941, the interior of the sanctuary was modified by Johnson, with the creation of a divided chancel. The building was home to the oldest Baptist congregation of Lynchburg, established in July 1815. In October 2024, the building was given to the Church of the Good Shepherd, a 2011 church plant of the Anglican Church in North America. Church of the Good Shepherd had begun meeting in the building in 2022. Gallery References External links Official website First Baptist Church, Court & Eleventh Streets, Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA at the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS)
First Baptist Church (Covington, Virginia)

First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church complex located at Covington, Virginia. The property includes two churches. One of the churches was built about 1890, and is a Gothic Revival style frame church. After construction of the 1911 church, it served as a classroom annex and cafeteria for a nearby school. The 1911 church is a Gothic Revival / Colonial Revival brick church. It features a corner belfry tower, lancet arched stained-glass windows, and a modernistic 1955 education wing. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. References
First Colonial High School

First Colonial High School is a high school in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is a part of the Virginia Beach City Public Schools, serving 1,727 students (2024–25). Demographics The demographic breakdown of the 1,727 students enrolled in 2024–25 was: Male – 48.1% Female – 51.9% Native American/Alaskan – 0.3% Asian/Pacific islanders – 3% Black – 17.2% Hispanic – 16.6% White – 55% Multiracial – 7.9% 31% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch. Legal Studies Academy Virginia Beach City Public Schools is known for its academy system. First Colonial High School hosts the Legal Studies Academy, which provides students who have an interest in and curiosity about the law, law-related fields, and legal and ethical issues the opportunity to extend their knowledge beyond the typical high school program. Athletics First Colonial offers many sports, including: Notable alumni Wade Barrett - soccer player Josh Boone - filmmaker Derrick Borte - filmmaker Steven Culp - actor Raven Greene - football player Skylar Johnston - softball player Darryl Monroe - basketball player, 2016 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP Guy Morgan - basketball player Juice Newton - singer Brandon Noble - football player Mark Reynolds - baseball player Aaron Rouse - football player and politician Mark Ruffalo - actor Will Sessoms - politician Kendra Todd - reality television personality Jeff Ware - baseball player and coach Carroll Wiseman - late wife of Artemis II astronaut, namesake of Lunar Crater Carroll See also AAA Eastern Region AAA Beach District References External links Virginia Beach City Public Schools First Colonial HS official site
First Union School (Crozier, Virginia)

The First Union School is a historic Rosenwald school building for African-American children located at 1522 Old Mill Rd. in Crozier, Virginia. It was built in 1926, as a two-teacher school. It is a one-story frame school on a concrete foundation. It has an engaged porch and hipped roof. The listing included two contributing buildings. The school operated until December 1958, when the county integrated its public schools. It was converted to residential use in 1985. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. See also Second Union School, also NRHP-listed References
Floyd County High School

History Floyd County High School was built in 1962, a product of a county-wide movement to consolidate the three high schools in Floyd County using funding from both the federal government and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Originally, there were separate high schools in Willis, Floyd, and Check. Floyd County High School was previously located on the current site of Floyd Elementary School. Before that, it was located in the building which now houses Schoolhouse Fabrics. The first class of FCHS graduated in 1963. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary with the graduation of the Class of 2012. Vocational school In the 1970s, funds from the Appalachian Regional Development Act were used to construct a separate vocational school on the Floyd County High School campus. This school currently houses auto-mechanics, welding, computer technology and home economics classes. Athletics Floyd County High School's mascot is the Buffalo. They play in the VHSL Class 2 Region C and are a member of the Three Rivers District. Floyd County won the VHSL Class A boys outdoor track state championship in 2000. Floyd County won the group A state championship for boys golf in 1985, 2000, 2001, 2006, 2007. Floyd County won the group A state championship for girls cross-country in 2003. Floyd County won the group A state championship for girls basketball in 1993, 1994, 2008, 2013 and boys basketball group A state championship in 1997. Retired girls basketball coach Alan Cantrell currently holds the state record for most wins at 749. Floyd County finished as Class A Division 2 state runner-up in football in 1999, 2001 and 2008. Former boys head football coach, Winfred Beale, coached the football team from 1981 until 2023 for a total of 43 years. The FCHS Golf team won the state championship back to back in 2006 and 2007. Extracurricular Activities The FCA hosts an annual Spring Fling. The FCHS Forensics Team won the Three-Rivers District Championship for thirty-eight years straight. The FCHS Chorus performs a Madrigal dinner and Musical every school year. Previous musicals have included The Secret Garden, The Butler Did It Singing, Once Upon a Mattress, Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. References External links Official website Floyd County High School Floyd Virginia Online
Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women

Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women is a prison operated by the Virginia Department of Corrections. It has a Troy postal address, and is in unincorporated Fluvanna County, about 55 miles (89 km) northwest of Richmond. The security level 3 facility housed 1,199 female inmates as of June 2008, including formerly housing the women's death row for the Commonwealth of Virginia. History Fluvanna County became a candidate for a new women's prison after the Board of Supervisors of Bedford County rejected a 1992 proposal by the Virginia Department of Corrections for a new 600-inmate facility in Lynchburg, Virginia that would have created between 250 and 300 jobs. Construction began on 30 acres (12 ha) in Fluvanna along U.S. Route 250 in January 1996, with initial plans to open by August 1997. Completed at a cost of $53.1 million, the correctional center was opened in April 1998, starting with about 800 prisoners. The facility is the second in the state dedicated to housing only female inmates, after the Virginia Correctional Center for Women in Goochland. The new prison was designed to accommodate 1,200 inmates and incorporated a 78,000 sq ft (7,200 m2) medical facility on site to minimize the risk of escape. The perimeter was secured by electronic fences and patrols. In December 1998, warden Patti Leigh Huffman refused to enforce a state order that banned cosmetics from the female prison population. The Virginia Department of Corrections was concerned about drugs being smuggled in makeup containers, but the prison was already equipped for detection of such contraband. Huffman stated, "If a woman wants to use cosmetics to make her feel better, then that's important.... Self-esteem is a core factor of every program at Fluvanna." Investigations In 1999, the American Civil Liberties Union investigated growing reports of sexual misconduct by the male prison staff upon the inmates. The corrections department stated that it would not consider any relationship between guards and inmates consensual under any circumstances. In June 2009, state senator Frank Ruff requested that the department investigate allegations that the correctional center denied access to religious services and profiled lesbian inmates for segregation. Death Row Though the facility housed the death row for Virginia's female inmates prior to its abolition in 2021, executions by lethal injection were conducted at Greensville Correctional Center near Jarratt, Virginia, located to the south of Richmond. Teresa Lewis, the only woman held in Fluvanna's death row, was executed on September 23, 2010. Notable inmates See also Capital punishment in Virginia List of Virginia state prisons References External links Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women at the Virginia Department of Corrections Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women: A model facility at AllBusiness.com
Forest Lawn Cemetery (Richmond, Virginia)

Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum is a cemetery located at 4000 Pilots Lane, Richmond, Virginia. The cemetery was established in 1922. Previously it was the estate of John Carter and was known as Myrtle Grove Plantation. John Carter's grave and headstone and those of his relations living with him at Myrtle Grove are still intact among the newer headstones of Forest Lawn. Also, many of the street names within Forest Lawn include references to this origin, including Carter Lane and Myrtle Grove Lane. Forest Lawn Cemetery was acquired in August 2013, by StoneMor Partners LP. Notable graves Nora Spencer Hamner, public health nurse Oliver Hill, civil rights attorney Mary Eugenia Benson Jobson (1872–1962), suffragist and activist Kenneth Cartwright Patty (1891–1967), Attorney General of Virginia Al Rosenbaum (1926–2009), artist Carl Julian Sanders (1912–2007), a bishop of the United Methodist Church Frederick William Sievers, sculptor It also contains the Emek Sholom Holocaust Memorial Cemetery, one of the first memorials erected in the United States to victims of the Holocaust (1955). See also Hollywood Cemetery References External links Forest Lawn Cemetery at Find a Grave
Fort Defiance High School

Fort Defiance High School is a public school located in Fort Defiance, Virginia. It is often referred to by its initials, FDHS or Fort. Academics Fort Defiance was rated Fully Accredited by the Virginia Department of Education in the 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 school years. Students scored above state average on all 2006 Standards of Learning tests. In 2006, students from Fort Defiance won the International Canon Envirothon. Fort Defiance offers two AP courses to students: AP United States History and AP United States Government and Politics. Dual Enrollment courses are also offered through Blue Ridge Community College in nearby Weyers Cave, VA. These courses allow students to earn college credit while still attending high school. The foreign languages offered at Fort Defiance are Spanish, Latin, and French. Students must take at least two years of two languages or three years of one. Athletics Fort Defiance has won many district championships, and 13 state championships. The Girls' Tennis team won the 1998, 1996, and 1989 AA Virginia High School League State Tennis Championships. The Girls' tennis team won the 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1995 Virginia High School League State Winter Tennis Championships. The Boys' Cross Country Team won the 2003 AA State Championships and were runner up in the 2004 AA State Championships. Notable alumni Dell Curry, basketball player Quin Houff, racing driver Robert A Tuten, Track Player References
Fort Early and Jubal Early Monument

The Fort Early and Jubal Early Monument was started in the early 1900s, and consists of the remains of an American Civil War fort and monument located on a 1.29-acre (5,200 m2) site at Lynchburg, Virginia. Confederate forces under the command of Lt. Gen. Jubal Early constructed the roughly square earthen fort in June 1864 as part of the outer defenses of Lynchburg as the Union Army of West Virginia, under Maj. Gen. David Hunter, advanced from the north and west in an attempt to capture the city during the Battle of Lynchburg. It is the only section of the Lynchburg defenses still in existence. The walls of the fort are approximately 12 to 15 feet (4.6 m) in height on the exterior and approximately 4 to 6 feet (1.8 m) high on the interior. Within the fort is a one-story brick structure that was built in 1922 by the Fort Hill Woman's Club and contains exhibits on the Battle of Lynchburg. A brick paved entrance drive with a 15-foot (4.6 m) high iron arch erected in 1924, with the words "Fort Early", cut through the eastern portion of the breastworks and forms the entrance to the site. The remaining portions of the breastworks are intact including a sally port in the northern wall used to bring in ammunition and other supplies during the military operation of the fort. A 17-foot (5.2 m) high granite obelisk honoring Confederate General Jubal A. Early and erected in 1919, is located on a triangle of land formed by the intersection of Fort Avenue and Memorial Avenue. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. Gallery References