Natural Bridge State Park
- Also Known As: 081-0414
- Address: 6477 S Lee Hwy
- Vicinity: Jct of VA 11 and VA 130
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1750/00/00 | George Washington | Work | As Surveryor of Culpeper County, Virginia, George Washington takes measurements of Natural Bridge, Virginia. Washington throws a rock from the creek running underneath the bridge to its top, a height of 215 feet. | |||
| 1767/08/23 | Thomas Jefferson | Visitor | When traveling through what is now Rockbridge County, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson sees the Natural Bridge. On the inside back cover of a 1767 memorandum book, he makes notes on the "most sublime of Nature's works". | |||
| 1773/06/10 | Thomas Jefferson | Owner | Jefferson notes in his memorandum book: "Pd at S O returng my own 157. as for Natural bridge 2-15-4 pounds. He paid the Secretary of the Colony in the Surveyor General's Office at Williamsburg for a survey warrant. | |||
| 1773/07/00 | Thomas Jefferson pays James Trimble 2-1s-8d pounds "for making survey of my entry on Natural bridge." | |||||
| 1774/07/05 | Thomas Jefferson | Owner | A patent in the name of George III is issued to Thomas Jefferson for a 157-acre tract that includes Natural Bridge. | |||
| 1815/00/00 | Thomas Jefferson | Conservationist | I have "no idea of selling the land. I view it in some degree as a public trust, and would on no consideration permit the bridge to be injured, defaced or masked from public view." Letter from Thomas Jefferson to William Caruthers | |||
| 1927/00/00 | A large stone is discovered in the brush on top of Natural Bridge carved with an official surveyor's cross and the initials "G.W.". Historians have accepted this as likely proof of GW's impressive upper body strength. |
| Physiography | |
|---|---|
| Physiographic Feature | Natural Rock Bridge |
| Particulars for Natural Bridge State Park: | |
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| Area of Significance | Art |
| Area of Significance | Entertainment - Recreation |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Cultural Affiliation | Native American |
| Historic Use | Natural Feature |
| Historic Use | Outdoor recreation |
| Criteria | Person |
| Area of Significance | Philosophy |
| Owner | Private |
| Sight Category | Site |
| Sight Category | Terrestrial Feature |
| Area of Significance | Transportation |
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