Timeline of Bath County

 

The sources provide a timeline of events related to Bath County:

• 1727: The first Bath County surveys were petitioned.
• 1746: Fort Dinwiddie was built.
• 1746: The first road was built.
• 1749: The first mill, Dickinson Mill, was built.
• 1750: The Windy Cove Presbyterian Church was organized.
• 1750: Warm Springs Pools were in use and well known.
• 1755: George Washington inspected Fort Dinwiddie.
• 1756: Indian Raids occurred.
• 1763: The "Homestead"-Hot Springs was first authorized as a road to Warm Springs.
• 1770: The Legend of Selim was published.
• 1774: The first Point Pleasant was built.
• 1779: The first mention of schools [Indian Draft].
• 1780: A local courier service was established.
• 1780: The Enrollment of Bath County in the Revolution Army.
• 1790: The Virginia Assembly adjourned to Warm Springs.
• 1791: The first Clerk's Office at Fassifern Farm was established.
• 1791: The County of Bath was organized.
• 1793: The first Bath County Court was established.
• 1800: The Town of Hot Springs was formed.
• 1800: Warm Springs was a well-developed resort.
• 1811: The Warm Springs Hotel was built.
• 1818-1825: Thomas Jefferson visited Warm Springs and the Pools.
• 1820: Mail comes to Bath three times a week, with postage 3 3/4¢.
• 1832: The Warm Springs Church was organized.
• 1837: The Poorhouse Goode purchased Homestead property.
• 1839: Spa treatments at Hot Springs were improved.
• 1841: The First Bath County Court House was built.
• 1843: The First Bath Court House and Jail was built.
• 1848: The Homestead "A Modern Hotel" was built.
• 1849: Farm House at Mountain Grove built.
• 1855: The present Warm Springs Presbyterian Church was built.
• 1855: Christ's Church-Warm Springs was built.
• 1858: The Hotel at Millboro Springs was opened.
• 1861: The first Bath County Squadron was formed [Civil War].
• 1870: The present Historical Museum-Building was built.
• 1890: The Homestead Hotel changed ownership.
• 1891: The Homestead was remodeled.
• 1892: The first family built the Bath House at Hot Springs.
• 1892: The C & O Railway Branch was built to Hot Springs.
• 1897: Golf was started at Hot Springs.
• 1899: The Hotel at Hot Springs was built.
• 1901: St. Luke's Church was organized.
• 1901: The Homestead burned.
• 1902: The present Hotel at Hot Springs was built.
• 1904: The Hot Springs Presbyterian Church was organized at its present location.
• 1912: The Court House burned.
• 1913: The present Court House was built.
• 1913: "Three Hills" was built by Mary Johnston.
• 1916: A Community Hospital was built.
• 1920: The George Washington Memorial was unveiled [World War I].
• 1922: Fay Ingalls became president of the Virginia Hot Springs.
• 1925: The Cascades Golf Course was built.
• 1925: The "West Wing" was completely torn down.
• 1926: "The Yard" was built.
• 1936: Mary Johnston died.
• 1966: The George Washington National Forest acquired Hidden Valley.
• 1969: The Bath County Historical Society was organized.
• 1971: The First Annual meeting of the Historical Society took place.

Additionally, the sources mention the following:

• 1843-1919: Col. A. C. L. Gatewood lived.
• 1863: The 17th Battalion of Cavalry was formed.
• 1895-96: A series of articles originally published in The Bath News.
• 1897: Hot Springs was a growing village.
• 1938-1941: Dunham's Scrap Book.
• 1943-1945: Dunham's Scrap Book.
• 1968: The Bath County Planning Commission submitted a proposed zoning ordinance.
• 1972: A zoning ordinance for Bath County is being debated.
• 1972: A second hearing was scheduled for the proposed zoning ordinance.
• 1973: The zoning ordinance was amended.
• 1973: A public hearing on the zoning ordinance was held.
• 1974: A list of area cemeteries was prepared by the Bath County Historical Society.