VA-A51 Virginia Inventors

Marker text: VIRGINIA INVENTORS

A mile and a half northwest, Cyrus H. McCormick perfected, in 1831, the grain reaper. In that vicinity, in 1856, J.A.E. Gibbs devised the chainstitch sewing machine.

Conservation & Development Commission, 1929

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Location: US 11 (northbound) at Steele's Tavern., Rockbridge County, Virginia

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