Virginia Travel Guide 2013 - 154

Central Virginia

Keystone Tractor Works

Swift Creek Mill Theatre

Virginia's Retreat

Pamplin Historical Park and The
National Museum of the Civil War
Soldier

U.S. Army Quartermaster Museum

Powhatan County

880 West Roslyn Rd., Colonial Heights 23734;
804-524-0020;
www.keystonetractorworks.com.
All-new 65,000-sq.ft. museum featuring over
100 antique tractors. Ib $

6125 Boydton Plank Rd., Petersburg 23803;
804-861-2408 or 877-PAMPLIN;
www.pamplinpark.org.
America's premier Civil War history
destination; museums, historic homes,
battlefield. Ib $

Petersburg National Battlefield

5001 Siege Rd., Petersburg 23803;
804-732-3531; www.nps.gov/pete.
Commemorates the Civil War siege of
Petersburg, 1864-1865. Ijb $

Regional Heritage Center

6406 Courthouse Rd., Prince George 23875;
P.O. Box 452; 804-863-0212;
www.princegeorgevahistoricalsociety.org.
Area history comes alive in the newly restored
1883 courthouse. Ib

Siege Museum

15 W. Bank St., Petersburg 23803;
804-733-2404 or 800-368-3595;
www.petersburg-va.org.
Exhibits and film document Petersburg during
the Civil War's longest siege.b $

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17401 Jefferson Davis Hwy., Colonial Heights
23834; 804-748-5203;
www.swiftcreekmill.com.
Circa 1663, believed to be the oldest grist mill
in this country.
Bldg. 5218, "A" Ave. & 22nd St., Fort Lee
23801; 2221 Adams Ave.; 804-734-4203;
www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil.
Museum interprets quartermaster corps history
from 1775 to present. Ib

U.S. Army Women's Museum

2100 A Ave., Bldg. 5219, Fort Lee 23801;
804-734-4327; www.awm.lee.army.mil.
The only museum in the world dedicated to
Army women! Ib

Violet Bank Museum

303 Virginia Ave., Colonial Heights 23834;
804-520-9395; www.PetersburgArea.org.
General Lee's 1864 headquarters, artifacts,
second largest Cucumber Magnolia tree.b

Virginia Motorsports Park

8018 Boydton Plank Rd., Petersburg 23803;
804-862-3174; www.virginiamotorsports.com.
World-famous IHRA quarter-mile drag racing
facility south of Petersburg. Ib

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com/VisitVirginia

19 Bollingbrook St., Petersburg 23803;
800-673-8732 or 800-6-RETREAT;
www.varetreat.com.
From Civil War to Civil Rights-historic
attractions & outdoor recreation.b

Includes Powhatan

Powhatan County, Virginia

3834 Old Buckingham Rd., Powhatan 23139;
804-598-5612; www.powhatanva.gov.
Located just thirty minutes from Metro-Richmond,
take a break from the hustle and bustle to
explore Powhatan's wealth of historical, cultural
and outdoor recreational opportunities. It's a
pleasant surprise! I

Prince Edward/Farmville
/Cumberland

Includes Hampton-Sydney, Green Bay, Rice

Virginia's Heartland Regional Visitor Center

and Transportation Heritage Museum, Farmville
23901; 121 E. Third St., P.O. Box 625;
434-392-1482;
www.co.prince-edward.va.us/travel.shtml.
Information about shopping, golfing, canoeing,
hiking/biking, museums, Civil War to civil
rights.

http://www.keystonetractorworks.com http://www.swiftcreekmill.com http://www.varetreat.com http://www.qmmuseum.lee.army.mil http://www.pamplinpark.org http://www.powhatanva.gov http://www.awm.lee.army.mil http://www.nps.gov/pete http://www.PetersburgArea.org http://www.princegeorgevahistoricalsociety.org http://www.virginiamotorsports.com http://www.co.prince-edward.va.us/travel.shtml http://www.petersburg-va.org

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