White Marsh and Reed's Birthplace
Near here is White Marsh, a fine old house with terraced garden. Five miles west is the birthplace of Dr. Walter Reed, of the United States army, who first proved that yellow fever is conveyed by mosquitoes.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
Many of these markers have since been replaced or their texts revised. The marker program and its current texts are maintained by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Virginia Department of Historic Resources ↗
Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryHistorical map archives, georeferenced via AllmapsDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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