New Market: An All-American Town

From its Native American Beginnings, to Bunker Hill, to the expansion toward the Wild West… if it happened in American History, there is a reflection of it in New Market. While some Civil War information is shared, this overview tour of the town primarily explores the colonial and federal history of New Market. Topics include: Native Americans, Lord Fairfax grant, John Sevier, Dr. Henkel and his apothecary, the Henkel Press, Commerce along The Valley Turnpike, Religion in New Market, New Market Architecture