Garth Newel

Historical marker location:

Hot Springs, Virginia

( Marker is at the intersection of Sam Snead Highway (U.S. 220) and Garth Newel Lane, on the right when traveling north on Sam Snead Highway.)

Marker installed: 2013

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.