Historical Marker

Rude's Hill

Historical marker location:
New Market, Virginia
( Marker is on Old Valley Pike (U.S. 11) south of Caverns Road at Exit 269 (Interstate 81), on the right when traveling south.)

Jackson at Rude’s Hill. 1962 Valley Campaign.

The first successful English attempt to establish a colony in North America was made by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1584 on Roanoke Island, off the coast of Virginia.