Caption on back of postcard reads: "St. George's Chapel was the first church erected West of the Blue Ridge Mountains. No record has ever been found of the exact date of its erection, owing to the fact that it was part of Norborne Parish, England. The original furnishings were brought from England. The roof of sheet lead was used for bullets during the Civil War." Published by Nichols Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "The colonial home of Charles Washington, a brother of George Washington, and founder of Charles Town. He built the wings of the present house and called it "Happy Retreat." In 1833 Judge Douglass completed the center part, modeling it after "Mordington," the Douglass ancestral home in Scotland." Published by Nichols, Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "Built by George Washington for his brother, Samuel, who moved here about 1770. Here Louis Philippe, later King of France, and his two brothers lived in exile. In this house Dolly Payne Todd was married to James Madison, afterward President of the United States." Published by Nichols' Drug Store. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
Caption on back of postcard reads: "At this point, on the Potomac River, Rumsey, the inventor of the first steam propelled boat, made his experiments." Published by Marken & Bielfield Incorporated. (From postcard collection legacy system.)
